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To Middle School and Beyond!

by Monty Harper and Skyline Fifth Graders, May 2012

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Our Sixth Grade Teacher Is Something Else She wears sunglasses over her eyes When she talks it’s like a buzzing of flies She can see everything behind her back If you break a rule she’ll turn you into a snack The back of her dress looks a lot like a tail Wherever she goes she leaves a slimy trail Her double-wide shoes could hide 18 toes When she’s angry we see fire shooting out of her nose! Our sixth grade teacher is something else Something else entirely She’s creepy and weird with her freak flag unfurled You might even say She’s out of this world We tried asking her where she was from She just answered with a flick of her tongue We listened in when she talked on the phone But she spoke a language that was all her own One day she was teaching astronomy When she stepped on her dress and her tail came free Her sunglasses fell and we saw her face That’s when she admitted she’s from outer space Our sixth grade teacher is something else Something else entirely She’s creepy and weird with her freak flag unfurled You might even say She’s out of this world She took our class on a cosmic trip She flew us away in her number six ship We passed all the planets and made a quick run Around a black hole that could swallow the sun Then we were stranded and we’ll never forget How we all pitched in to fix the plasma jet She may be a crazy kind of alien creature But you gotta admit, she’s a pretty good teacher Our sixth grade teacher is something else Something else entirely She’s creepy and weird with her freak flag unfurled You might even say She’s out of this world
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It’s coming! Look out! Here it comes now! Look out! Gonna be a - Crash landing When the new school year begins New teachers - New lockers New subjects and new friends Fifth grade is the home we will be flying from Look out, Planet Middle School, here we come! Some say leaving elementary school is just like leaving home Some say middle school teachers can be meaner than Tibble the gnome Some say middle school’s a monster - if you’re smart you better run Some say it’s a roller coaster ride full of wild and furious fun Some say leaving elementary school is bound to break your heart Friends who grew like flowers on a stem may begin to grow apart Some say middle school’s a prison filled with walls that block your way Some call middle school a birthday bash with new surprises every day Repeat Chorus Some say middle school’s an ice cream truck where every new friend is a treat Some say it’s something like an alien world full of creatures that you’re pretty sure you never wanna meet Some say middle school’s a swim at the beach - with the warm sun on your back Others say yes, it is a swim at the beach and you’ll probably feel a shark attack Some say Middle School’s a lawnmower ride - if you fall it might chop you down Some say it’s like a trip to Hollywood, and you’re gonna take over the town Some say it’s something like an elephant stampede, pretty much out of control Some would be happy just staying behind and some of us are raring to go Repeat Chorus
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Space Party 02:07
They say we're gonna graduate We're heading for a brand new place But what they don't know Is we're gonna go To a party in outer space Eating comet crunch, drinking Pluto punch Eating chocolate bars on the planet mars Eating pizza pies from the starry skies It's a party in outer space (you’re invited to a) Space party, outer space party Space party, outer space party Space party, space party, space party, wooo! Take an asteroid ride to the other side Get a glitter bath from a comet's path Take a dive and play in the Milky Way It's a party in outer space (you’re invited to a) Space party, outer space party Space party, outer space party Space party, space party, space party, wooo! Looking back at Earth from wherever we are Kids back there gotta grow up But here we dance on every star Yeah we’re gonna dance until we drop Cause this space party ain't never gonna stop Busting through the doors of the galaxy shores Having lots of fun tanning on the sun Drinking galaxy water getting hotter and hotter It's a party in outer space (you’re invited to a) Space party, outer space party Space party, outer space party Space party, space party, space party, wooo! 2x Space party!

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Monty wrote these songs during a residency with 5th graders at Skyline Elementary in Stillwater Oklahoma. Support was provided by the Oklahoma Arts Council.

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released May 23, 2012

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Student Songs Stillwater, Oklahoma

Monty Harper helps 3rd-5th grade students create and perform original songs that make meaningful connections.

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