Tom Chapin - Bruno's Christmas On the Mall lyrics

Every Christmas Grandma Hall Takes us Christmas shopping Down to Macy's on the mall Where the joint is hopping Once through the revolving door Twice through the revolving door Thrice through the re- "Come along children!" Come along, come along It's Christmas on the mall With Bruno, Shirley, Sue and Mike And Spike and Grandma Hall Little Spike has brought along a list As long as he is tall "Let's go see Santa!" Come along, it's Christmas on the mall Off we raced and joined the hysteria Grandma Hall could not have been cheerier Bought us luncheon at the buffeteria Shakes and franks and fries "Come on! Santa!" Then we got on line to see Santa Claus Waited, waited, waited for Santa Claus Spike got 15 seconds with Santa Claus Ho ho ho time flies Grandma said "I've got to buy A tie for Uncle Lee We'll meet back here in camping gear At quarter after three Bruno said "We'll be here" And we watched her disappear "Where to, gang?" "To toys! To toys! To toys! To toys! To toys!" Up the escalator we're thundering Down the escalator we're thundering Up the escalator we're thundering On our way to toys Come along (to toys!) Come along (to toys!) It's Christmas on the mall "To dolls! Mitts! Skis! and kits!" And stuff for girls and boys "And even though you know that you Could never have it all" It's fun to dream so come along It's Christmas on the Mall At 3:15 we headed back But Grandma Hall was late So we found a tent with sleeping bags And crept inside to wait Unknown to us as time went by 3:30, 4, 4:10 Our grandma had forgotten us And gone home on the crosstown bus "She does that now and then" And meanwhile in our teepee We all fell fast asleep "Hey Bruno! Wake up! We fell asleep! It's really late! Oh no!" Through the flap we softly stepped On newfallen plastic snow "It's so quiet! It's empty! I bet it's closed for the day We're locked in! What'll we do? I know...we'll play!" Come along, come along It's Christmas on the mall "We're gonna get in trouble No, we're gonna have a ball! Shirley, Spikie, don't you get it? We can have it all! It's magic time, come along!" It's Christmas on the mall Up in music, played all the cool guitars Down in deli, ate all the chocolate bars Raced from aisle to aisle in the pedal cars Bikes and scooters And up in pets we checked the aquarium Then hooked up a home planetarium Thundered through the ladies' underwearium Toward ComputerLand Shirley found a switch and turned on 64 TVs 61 Fred Flintstones and 3 NYPDs Then Bruno on a forklift truck Came roaring through the door "Who wants a ride? I do! Come on!" We tore off through the store Through antiques, through shoes and sneaks Our reckless ride extended And there in small appliances Is where our party ended "Hey you kids, what are you doing?" "Nothing." "Lower the forklift. Someone's looking for you" We went downstairs and there was Grandma So relieved and glad "Are you all right?" "Sure, we're ok" "The fright you must have had" "See I told you she'd get here Can we do this every year?" "Come along (please?) We'll see (awww)" It's Christmas on the mall It didn't last, it went too fast But oh, we had a ball Every kid deserves a night When they can have it all A rowdy night of toys and song With no adults to say it's wrong A night like this will come along Come along, come along It's Christmas on the mall