Don’t Be a Meanie

Don’t be a meanie – Don’t be a gossip – Don’t be a better-than thou!
Do be a friend, and do be a help, and do make a difference now!
Don’t be a bully – Don’t be a snob – And don’t be a tattletale!
Do think of others, and invite them in, and be glad when they excel!

If there’s something that is bothering you, it might make you want to be mean!
But you can be in control of you – You decide the kind of person you will be!

So – Don’t be a meanie – Don’t be a gossip – Don’t be a better-than thou!
You can be a friend, and you can be a help, and you can make a difference now!
Don’t be a bully – Don’t be a snob – And don’t be a tattletale!
You can think of others, and invite them in, and be glad when they excel!

Nobody likes to be teased or talked about, it just doesn’t feel good!
And you will find that you feel better when you treat them the way that you should!

Oh, Don’t be a meanie – Don’t be a gossip – Don’t be a better-than thou!
Do be a friend, and do be a help, and do make a difference now!
Don’t be a bully – Don’t be a snob – And don’t be a tattletale
Do think of others, and invite them in,
And be glad ____when____ they____ ex___cel! ___ (Ah!)

Text and Music by:
Carrie Maxwell Wrigley
© 2004 Morning Light Publishing

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