Category Shel Silverstein

I asked the zebraAre you black with white stripes?Or white with black stripes?And the zebra asked me,Or you good with bad habits?Or are you bad with good habits?Are you noisy with quiet times?Or are you quiet with noisy times?Are you…

Well it wasn’t too very long ago you know some folks walked with a hi-dee-hoAnd other folks walked around kind of lowSayin’ Yowzah and Sho nuff and Yassuh bossIt was ashes to ashes and dust to dust and they didn’t…

I knew that she belonged to someone else at the time,But lonesome-lookin’ women are a weakness of mine;And so I bought that stuff about the love he never gave her,And I figured I would love her some, and do us…

All the Woulda-Coulda-ShouldasLayin’ in the sun,Talkin’ ’bout the thingsThey woulda coulda shoulda done…But those Woulda-Coulda-ShouldasAll ran away and hidFrom one little Did.

Well I’ve been spendin’ my life lookin’ for a shoulderTo rest my head when the nights get colderBut the days are gettin’ longer and I’m gettin’ olderBeen long time workin’ it outI been a long time workin’ it out I…

Barbara’s eyes are blue as azure,But she is in love with Freddy.Karen’s sweet, but Harry has her.Gentle Jane is going steady.Carol hates me. So does May.Abigail will not be mine.Nancy lives too far away…Won’t you be my Valentine?

Depends on if the judge is fair,Depends how high the heels you wear,Depends on if they count the hair,Depends if they allow the chair.

I asked the Zebra: Are you black with white stripes?Or white with black stripes? And the zebra asked me: Are you good with bad habits?Or are you bad with good habits?Are you noisy with quiet times?Or are you quiet with…

There is a place where the sidewalk endsand before the street begins,and there the grass grows soft and white,and there the sun burns crimson bright,and there the moon-bird rests from his flightto cool in the peppermint wind. Let us leave…

No one knows my lady when she’s lonelyNo one sees the fantasies and fears my lady hidesThere are those who’ve shared her love and laughterBut no one hears my lady when she cries…but meNo one hears my lady when she…