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Giant Fears

from Lane's Recycled Fairy Tales by ,

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GIANT FEARS

There was a boy; his name was Jack.
He swapped his cow for a sack.
A sack of beans.
A sack of dreams,
Nothing is just what it seems.

A giant came to me today.
I told him it would be OK.
He’s sick
Of all his Giant ways.

He goes
“Fee Fi Fo Fum!
Fee Fi Fo Fum!
I smell the blood of an Englishman!
Be he living or be he dead,
I’ll grind his bones to make my bread.”

Well, I’ve been a shrink for fifteen years.
I specialize in Giant fears.
They’re scared of girls,
They’re scared of boys,
They’re scared of a loud sudden noise.

They’re big and lazy, fat and mean.
Their nose has warts, their teeth are green.
But underneath it all,
They’re just terrified.
They go,
“Fe Fi Fo Fum!
Fe Fi Fo Fum!
I’m scared to death of everyone.
I’m scared of crowds,
I’m scared of phones,
I’m even scared when I’m alone.”

Well, maybe you don’t believe in giant fairness.
Maybe you don’t believe in giant pride.
Maybe you’re not an advocate of giant awareness.
Maybe you haven’t healed that giant inside.
But listen to my song,
It won’t take you too long,
To see,
Giants have feelings, too.

Chorus

We’ll sing,
Fe Fi Fo fum
Fe Fi Fo Fum
The same blood flows through everyone!
We’re a movable ocean,
We’re a walking tide.
And we need each one,
If we are to survive.”

Well, the beanstalk fell on the giant’s head
He’s in the field now and he is dead.
Jack’s rejoicing,
Mom’s the same –
No thoughts of pity on their brain.
Sure, he was mean right to the bone,
But more than that,
He was alone
Because he never learned,
To sign our song.

Repeat Chorus

Well, now the earth is one country,
Now the earth is one land.
We all play different instruments,
But we play’em in the same band.
Dark and light,
Red and tan,
Weak and self-reliant,
And even,
Those big, fat giants.

Repeat Chorus.

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from Lane's Recycled Fairy Tales, released April 28, 2013

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Barry Lane Vermont

I write songs about kindness for children and songs about hope and justice for adults.

I love Pete Seeger, and believe, as he did, that a single song can help change the world by uniting hearts and minds.


We are the mixed fruit of one tree,

Live in peace and unity.

Forget the old
embrace the new,

Less me, me, me,
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You, you, you.

For now is the New Day. ... more

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