HAPPY CAMPER
TELL THE BOSS I'M STAYIN' ONE MORE DAY
DON'T HAVE NOTHIN' ON MY LIST TODAY
I'M WATCHIN' AN ANT CARRY IT'S PRIZE AWAY AND
I'M A HAPPY CAMPER
LOOK UP THERE, THERE GOES A CLOUD
AND THAT PLANE UP THERE SURE IS LOUD
BUTTERFLY SITTIN' HERE MIGHTY PROUD AND
I'M A HAPPY CAMPER
BUSY DAY AND MY DANCE CARD IS FULL
PHILOSOPHIES TO PONDER AND MULL
MY LIFE MIGHT SEEM MIGHTY DULL, BUT LET ME GO ON...
THERE'S A CHILL IN THE AIR AND A FIRE TO BUILD
GOTTA DRAG THE WOOD DOWN FROM THE TOP OF THE HILL
I COULD GET UP BUT I DON'T THINK I WILL, CUZ
I'M A HAPPY CAMPER
NOT THINKIN' ABOUT STUFF TO BUY
OR EVEN DREAMIN' 'BOUT STUFF TO TRY
I DON'T CARE HOW AND I DON'T CARE WHY, CUZ
I'M A HAPPY CAMPER
CHORUS
BEEN SHIVERIN' NOW FOR HALF AN HOUR
BUT I'LL KEEP SITTIN' TIL THE SHIVERS OVER POWER
OR THE FLIES TAKE HOLD AND THEY DEVOUR
THIS HAPPY CAMPER
CAN'T LURE ME AWAY FROM MY CHAIR
IT MUST BE 30 FEET BETWEEN HERE AND THERE
AS LONG AS THERE'S A FLAME I'LL JUST SIT AND STARE, CUZ
I'M A HAPPY CAMPER
CHORUS
PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY MAKES QUITE A FEAST
UNLESS YOU'RE COOKIN' OR YA' GOT A CHUNK A CHEESE
GOT BLUES SKIES AND A REAL NICE BREEZE, AND
I'M A HAPPY CAMPER
IT DON'T MATTER THAT I'M NOT GETTIN' PAID
BAD AS I SMELL YOU'D THINK I'D RUN HOME AND BATHE
BUT I'LL ONLY MOVE MY CHAIR IF I RUN OUT OF SHADE, AND
I'M A HAPPY CAMPER
© Leslie Frederick 1999