Pick Up After Yourself

Pick up after yourself, when you get something out! You gotta
Pick up after yourself – there really isn’t any doubt-a, that-a when-a you-a
Pick up after yourself, you’ll have more time for fun
And you won’t have a mess the size of Mount Everest awaitin’ for you when you are done!

I’m here to tell you, when you pick up after yourself, it’s really only fair
That you should be the one to pick up after yourself, and it’s a way to show you care.
Because-a when-a you-a pick up after yourself, neither anybody else nor you
Will be dealing with the stress of some enormous mess,
And you’ll all feel better through and through!

So if you make yourself a snack (pick it up, pick it up!)
Or get an outfit off a rack (pick it up, pick it up!)
Or if you play with a toy or game (pick it up, pick it up!)
The strategy, you see, is always the same! It’s that you….

Pick up after yourself, when you get something out! You gotta
Pick up after yourself – there really isn’t any doubt-a, that-a when-a you-a
Pick up after yourself, you’ll have more time for fun
And you won’t have a mess the size of Mount Everest to deal with when you are done!

Text and Music by:
Carrie Maxwell Wrigley
© 2005 Morning Light Publishing

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