Ode to a Spitbug!

**Chord Chart at end w/slow swing jazz feel.  

 

Verse

Spitbug sitting on a blade of grass,

I'm watching what you do!

I noticed you as I walked past,

And stopped to say hello to you!

 

Verse

Hey little bug, I don't mind your spit!

Foaming on your blade of grass.

I lean closer to peek at it

Through my nifty magnifying glass.

 

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I see that your building a bubbly wad

Of spit-bug bubbles and foam.

And once your done, you crawl inside,

To make you spitty home.

 

Chorus

I bet you have so many things to show us,

From your vantage point inside.

I have so many question to ask you,

Such as:

Where do you get all your spit?

Is it from rain or cold dewdrops?

Of from a secret recipe of you devising?

(*aside* you don't have to tell me yet, I still have the rest of this song to play...)

 

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I feel that your often misunderstood,

By those who pass you by.

They don't know how to stop and look,

At the mysteries that you hide.

 

Verse

A dandelion fluff, a speck of dust, and,

The sparkling of a drop of dew.

Your language is one of sacred geometries.

-Well I can speak that language too!

 

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Hey little bug, I'm glad that we're friends!

Thanks for letting me in!

To your world - what a mystery! and your ways -what a charm!

Your an ambassador to all your kin!

 

Chorus

I bet you have so many things to show us,

From your vantage point inside.

I have so many question to ask you,

Such as:

Where were you and what were you before you were here?

Did you come from an egg? or a larva?

Or did you just magically appear every year?

 

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I hope I will dream of you tonight,

Dreaming that I'm your size!

Your beautiful domain has so much to behold!

Your kingdom is so bright and so wide!

 

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Let's catch a ride on a friendly spider,

To where the yellow flowers bloom!

The toadstools and the frogs will all be our friends,

As we wait for the morning monsoon.

 

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Grabbing a-hold of a dandelion fluff (*aside when its windy)

We can explore the sky!

And when it rains, well land on your leaf,

Sliding home on a dew drop slide.

 

Chorus

I bet you have so many things to show us,

From your vantage point inside.

I have so many question to ask you,

Such as:

Shall I mix my spit with yours?

Combine it? and make a spit-bug elixir?

...Something of which the world has never seen before!

 

Verse

I am glad that you have enjoyed my song,

My little spitbug! My Leaf-hopper nymph!

Explorer of the microcosm, and,

Master of your foamy labyrinth

 

Hey little friend I don't mind your spit.

In fact, I thing its unique.

Thanks for everything you do (*aside in your world of goo)

Thanks for letting me take a peek.

 

 

*Outro (spoken and sung free form over fading chord progression w/intermixed lead)

 

 

Let make some spitbug elixir

Making some spit! Bug! Elixir!..

Oh yeah... mixing spit

...mmm hmmm dreaming of you tonight..

...Come back next year...

...My little tree hopper...

...My spitbug nymph..

…oh yeah yeah yeah...

...You opened my eyes to a whole new world...

...Reminding us to look at the small things!...

...Can you tell me where the path to the spirit land is?...

 

 

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Verse:

C6 / G/B / Am6 /

C6 / Am6 / G/B Em7

C6 / G/B / Am6 /

Am6 / G/b / Am6 /

 

Chorus:

A Bb-dim E-dim Dm6

G Bb-dim A / /

A Bb-dim E-dim Dm6

E7>sus4 Am