Write It Down

sung by David (Northern Calloway), Maria (Sonia Manzano),
Luis (Emilio Delgado), and Forgetful Jones (Richard Hunt)
Maria: I got something to tell you
I don't need to sell you
The coolest thing I ever found
It's fresh and it's neat
It's hip on the street
To do what we call
Write it down

Write, write, write
Write it down, write it down
Write it
Write, write, write
Write it down
Write, write, write
Write it down, write it down
Write it
Write, write, write
Write it down

David: When I work in the store
It's never a bore
'Cause I get orders from all over town
Bert needs bread
And Ernie wants thread
To remember I just write it down

David and Maria: Write, write, write
Write it down, write it down
Write it
Write, write, write
Write it down
Write, write, write
Write it down, write it down
Write it
Write, write, write
Write it down

Luis: When I'm writing a play
Or a story I made
Think about it 'till no one's around
When I'm by myself
I go to the shelf
Take my typewriter and write it all down

Luis, David and Maria: Write, write, write
Write it down, write it down
Write it
Write, write, write
Write it down
Write, write, write
Write it down, write it down
Write it
Write, write, write
Write it down

Forgetful Jones: What am I doing here?
I've forgotten I fear
But don't worry or fret or frown
Got this thingamawhiz [a pencil]
I don't know what it is
But I use it when I write it down! Hey!

All: Write, write, write
Write it down, write it down
Write it
Write, write, write
Write it down

Maria: Now you know what to do
So it's all up to you
So get with it
Come on, go to town!
You've got something to say
Well now you know the way
Get some paper and just write it down

All: Write, write, write
Write it down, write it down
Write it
Write, write, write
Write it down
Write, write, write
Write it down, write it down
Write it
Write, write, write
Write it down

[fade]

Transcribed by the archive's webmistress Tiny Dancer

available on the CD-ROM