Trinkets

[Verse 1]

When I was a kid

I had a little record

I played it over and over

Each and every day

Sung by a man

Named Louie Armstrong

Saint's marched right in from my Close and Play

[Verse 2]

When I was a kid

I had a little picture

And I looked at that picture

All the time

Painted by a man

Mama said his name was Vinnie

A farmer sowing seeds on a really nice day

[Chorus]

Mom and daddies get a good idea what your babies like

To help 'em be happy

Like that guy named Mike

Yeah, that groovy old man that fixes my bike

Down there on 'Dumaine Street, New Orleans, Louisiana

[Verse 3]

When I was a kid

I had a little wiener dog

I loved that little wiener dog

And she loved me

Spent warm spring days

Feeding that little wiener dog

Ripe, sweet cherries from our cherry tree

[Bridge]

(An') if I ever get older, if I ever die

If I get to a gate at the end of the sky

And a beautiful creature says

Now Bonnie, what do you want?

Might say a record and a picture and a wiener dog, swear to God

[Chorus]

Mom and daddies get a good idea what your babies want

To help 'em be happy

Like that ol' gal named Betty

Yeah that groovy old chick teaches Tai-Chi on the levee

Rain or shine, she's out there she's dedicated

She wrinkled but she

Lovely

She flexible, and don't you wish

We all were flexible enough to

Dance now?

[Outro]

Dance little children now

The whole round world is your neighborhood

Dance little children now

Naked as a Jaybird

Dance little children now

The whole round world is your neighborhood

Dance little children now

Naked as a Jaybird

They're just trinkets

Little stepping stones

To let you know you was here...

[Instrumental Jam Outro]