Title:  act your age

Composer:  Gary William Friedman ?

Lead vocals:  Hattie Winston

Backing vocals:  none

Scene:  A mischievous little girl bemoaning her persecution by the proper authorities.

[HW]  All I hear from year to year is "act your age".

When I tried to make my little brother cheer up

By filling up his shoes with maple syrup,
My mother yelled and yanked me by my ear up,

"Act your age!  Act your age!"

When I chased those crazy twins until I caught 'em,
Took out my trusty water gun and got 'em,
Daddy bellowed as he pulverized my bottom,
"Act your age!  Act your age!"

All I hear from year to year is "act your age."
 

When I took that wiggly, slimy little creature,

And put it in the pocket of my teacher,

She sent me home and told my folks, "Beseech her,

Act your age!  Act your age!"

When I took my girlfriend's dolly and undressed it,

Her mother yelled at me 'till I confessed it.

Do you know what sage advice she gave?  You guessed it.
"Act your age!  Act your age!"

When I hit my cousin Teddy,
When I bit my uncle Freddy,
When I locked some kid named Eddie in a cage,

"Act your age!  Act your age!"

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