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There once was a boy with an awful disease
That affected him in the groceries
At the mall, down the aisle, almost everywhere
Run and hide-it’s the gimmes so you must beware

Chorus:
Gimmie candy. Gimmie stuff.
He could never get enough.
He’d say

Gimme gimme gimme, gimme gimme what I want
Gimme gimme gimme, gimme gimme what I want
Gimme what I want.

Couldn’t control the feeling he’d get
When he’d see a toy that he didn’t have yet
He’d stomp his foot and start to scream
When he didn’t get his way then he’d make a scene.

Chorus

One day when the boy was on the street
He saw a man begging for something to eat
Everything he own could fit in your car
Then the selfish boy didn’t feel so smart.

Don’t gimmie candy. Don’t gimmie stuff.
He’d finally knew he had enough.
Instead of being filled with greed
That selfish boy started thinking of those in need

Gimme gimme gimme, gimme gimme what I want
Gimme gimme gimme, gimme gimme what I want
Give me what I want.

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© 2001 Caroline Figiel and Danny Jones. All rights reserved. Used with permission.

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