Bill Harley performs this song on Down in the Backpack.

(With apologies to the Drifters and "Under the Boardwalk.")

When the teacher calls and says "Did you get my note?"
And she says she didn't get the one you wrote
Look in the backpack, just look and see
Cause when something's lost that's where its bound to be

When you kid says that she can't go on the trip
Because you didn't send in her permission slip
Look in the backpack, look if you dare
Down at the bottom, you're sure to find it there

Down in the backpack, there's a big surprise
Down in the backpack, don't you wonder what lies
Down in the backpack something starting to grow
Down in the backpack maybe you'd better not go
Down in the backpack

There's the yogurt that they left there yesterday
And last week's tuna fish they meant to throw away
Down in the backpack - it's there they'll stay
Never again to see the light of day

Down in the backpack treasures to be found
Down in the backpack something crawling around
Down in the backpack lost library books
Down in the backpack maybe you'd better not look
Down in the backpack backpack

So when things get lost and you don't know where they go
And you ask your kid and he just says "I don't know"
Look in the backpack, it's not to late
Archaeologists moving in soon to excavate

Down in the backpack, something smelly and old
Down in the backpack, something covered in mold
Down in the backpack, so many things there reside
Down in the backpack, I think there's something that died
Down in the backpack, backpack

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