Category Shel Silverstein

My beard grows down to my toes,I never wears no clothes,I wraps my hairAround my bare,And down the road I goes.

Everything’s wrong,Days are too long,Sunshine’s too hot,Wind is too strong.Clouds are too fluffy,Grass is too green,Ground is too dusty,Sheets are too clean.Stars are too twinkly,Moon is too high,Water’s too drippy,Sand is too dry.Rocks are too heavy,Feathers too light,Kids are too…

Followin’ the trail on the old treasure map,I came to the spot that said “Dig right here.”And four feet down my spade struck woodJust where the map said a chest would appear.But carved in the side were written these words:“A…

There was a time when people taked said with their mouthHow they talk and it doesn’t mean a thing it’s called the modern talkNow picture the scene the day is sunnyA man meets a friend and asks him for some…

Whosever room this is should be ashamed!His underwear is hanging on the lamp.His raincoat is there in the overstuffed chair,And the chair is becoming quite mucky and damp.His workbook is wedged in the window,His sweater’s been thrown on the floor.His…

No one’s hangin’ stockin’s up,No one’s bakin’ pie,No one’s lookin’ up to seeA new star in the sky.No one’s talkin’ brotherhood,No one’s givin’ gifts,And no one loves a Christmas treeOn March the twenty-fifth.

Hey when I was a lad in fishing town an old man said to meYou can spend your life your jolly life just sailing on the seaNow you can search the world for pretty girls till your eyes are weak…

Have you heard of tiny Melinda Mae,Who ate a monstrous whale?She thought she could,She said she would,So she started in right at the tail. And everyone said,”You’re much too small,”But that didn’t bother Melinda at all,She took little bites and…

I have nothing to put in my stew, you see,Not a bone or a bean or a black-eyed pea,So I’ll just climb in the pot to seeIf I can make a stew out of me.I’ll put in some pepper and…

Oh, ever since my Masochistic Baby went and left meI got nothin’ to hit but the wall.She loved me when I beat her,But I started actin’ sweeter,And that was no way to treat her at all.Yes, she is the one…