okay, here we go
turn those ropes
get a beat
for your feet
jump in jump up
echo child chants
calling (clap! clap!):
here we are girlfriend
girlfriend girlfriend
indeed i love you girlfriend
girlfriend girlfriend
always here for girlfriends
girlfriends girlfriends
girlfriend indeed
Beverly is a doctor
Mamie is a nurse
Scarlett is the lady
with the alligator purse
hello operator
give me some more time
Betsy's at a pay phone
dropping in some dimes
lemon lime
you are mine
in our rhyme
we'll be just fine
phone bell rings
it's a quarter to nine
don't be late
for our date
playmate
come out and play with me
discuss philosophy
and sexuality
watch me fold laundry
repaint my cellar door
and we'll be grown-up friends
forever more
more more more more
Cinderella
dressed in yella
went downtown
to meet a fella
by mistake
she kissed a snake
not because you're dirty
not because you're clean
just because you kissed a boy
you don't have to scream
you are part of my house
my house my house
but not my little house mouse
you don't have to clean
Ms Mary Mack
he's off your back
don't take his flak
flak flak flak
do a shopping spree
talk til ten past three
let's get high
high high high
like the fourth of July
wave the river's bye-bye
and by and by
to the high and dry
jackless jills
rolling up hills
sailing in the water
unfurling flags
for friendly ships
bouncing banners
everly after.
Running over ropes now
A my name is Alice
skip to my lieu
teddy bear teddy bear
turning around
teddy bear teddy bear
touching the ground
Cindy Lou calling to
B my name is Barbra
me and you girlfriend
doing a double dutch
two scoops of triple ripple
vanilla thriller fudge
no sex hex hurry worry
no honey bunny hokey pokey
rhythm of womanhood plays
on and on and on for days
deep beat-beating
like older age
origami orgasms
we're jumping rope
with the phone cord
singing grown-up sister
singing songs going
on and on and on
as girlfriends
girlfriends girlfriends
girlfriends indeed
(clap! clap!)