A Day At Home (The Lizard's Loose)

A song I wrote years ago about the indifference within one family with a hint of humor involved.

A Day At Home

(The Lizard's Loose)

 

Sister's got a pet iguana;

She lets it loose to roam through the house.

Reptilian reprimands ring through the room

As mother heads for the hills.

Father's gone to work today

And his golf clubs are missing from the hall.

Grandpa wanders in a constant haze;

I think it's from his pills.

 

The baby's in the 409.

Someone forgot her formula.

The radio blares through the kitchen.

Mom sings along with some 50's tune.

A garden hose sticks out from the car

Where the neighbor kids play gas station,

And I'm alone in my little world,

While the lizard runs from room to room.

 

Chorus 1:

But the lizard's on the loose

And he thinks he's Godzilla

Storming across Japan

Leaving something on dad's pillow.

 

Grandma's gun in her purse is gone

Junior plays "cops" in the backyard.

The T.V. screams in techni-color

About a war on a distant shore.

Sirens wail somewhere down the street

And my neighbor's going to jail.

I look around in agitation

And I scream out, "I'm so bored!".

 

Chorus 2

But the lizard's on the loose

Destroying the country side

Running up my sister's leg

Looking for someplace to hide.

 

Legion

(circa 1990)

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Reviews

[Bethany Woody]

There shouldn't be such indifference in the world, yet there is. But I like how you tossed in the humor to lighten the story a bit. The descriptions of what is going on are great too. I have a vivid imagination so this played out like a mini movie for me. And I couldn't help but smile as I watched. Maybe it shouldn't be all that funny, but it is.