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Words and music by Dar Williams |
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Tonight was just great, she taught us the sign for peace |
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Now she's made us some popcorn, we've turned out the lights |
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And we're watching movies |
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I don't understand and she tries to explain |
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How a spaceship is riding through somebody's brain |
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And there's blood and guts and . . . |
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She's the best one that we've ever had |
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She sits on her hair and she's tall as my dad |
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And she tie-dyed my shirt and she pierced her own ear |
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And it's peace, man, cool, yeah, the babysitter's here. |
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And we all went to see her go dance at the high school |
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We made her a big card |
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And she told us that she'd be the unicorn wearing the pink |
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leotard, and |
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There she was leaping up just like she said |
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With a sparkling horn coming out of her head |
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And she's oh, oh, oh, oh |
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(I can't wait to give her the card, I can't wait to give her the card) |
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She's the best one . . . |
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OK, so the play was called 'The Unicorn' and she was the |
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unicorn so that means that the star was my babysitter. |
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You're the best one that we've ever had |
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You sit on your hair and you're tall as my dad |
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And I'll make you a picture for college next year |
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So hush now, peace, man |
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The babysitter's here |
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The best babysitter's here |