This song is also available on Ants on a Log album Make It Myself.
Clara: Tell me a story so I can fall asleep to it?
Anya: Ok, how about a story about a dragon
Julie: or a unicorn?
Anya: Or 10 unicorns
Julie: and 10 dragons?!
Clara: No, it needs to be a boring story, I’m trying to fall asleep!
Julie: oh ok we can tell a boring story!
Anya: yea, we can tell a boring story! One boring story coming right up!
Chorus:
Sh-sh-sh Charlotte, go to sleep,
Lay your little head upon the softest pillow
Sh-sh-sh Charlotte, go to sleep,
May you dream of ice cream chocolate and vanillow
Anya: once upon a time there was a little peanut and one day someone decided to smash it!
and make peanut butter out of it!
Clara: this story is too interesting
Anya: oh. ok one day there was a peanut. and nothing happened.
Chorus
Julie: another upon a time there was a grape. the grape became a raisin! and the raisin was eaten! eaten by a.....
Clara: wait, is this a story about a dragon?
Julie: No no definitely not, nothing happened to the raisin, it was just hanging out on the vine.
Chorus
Anya: once upon a time there was a little ant sitting on a huge log! with a huge elephant! eating a huge watermelon!
Clara: No no this one is interesting too.
Anya: oh. ok once upon a time there was an ant sitting on a log. the end.
Chorus
Julie: once upon a time there was an apple. It was red and shiny!
Clara: ooh red apples are the best!
Julie: Ok let’s start over. Once upon a time, there was an apple that was green.
Clara: oh green apples? (yawn)
Julie: oh look we got a yawn!
Anya: Yes!
Clara: Good night.
Chorus
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