billy jonas / bridging divides

B: Breakfast Time!
Z: not hungry

CHORUS:
B:YOU HAVE TO EAT SOMETHING
Z: OH NO!
B: YOU'VE HAVE TO EAT SOMETHING
Z: SAY IT AIN'T SO!
B: YOU'VE HAVE TO EAT SOMETHING
Z: WHOA WHOA WHOA WHOA
B: OR YOU'LL SHRIVEL UP AND BLOW AWAY!

B:YOU HAVE TO EAT SOMETHING
Z: OH NO!
B: YOU'VE HAVE TO EAT SOMETHING
Z: SAY IT AIN'T SO!
B: YOU'VE HAVE TO EAT SOMETHING
Z: WHOA WHOA WHOA WHOA
B: OR YOU'LL SHRIVEL UP AND BLOW AWAY!

Z: ok, How 'bout rocks
B: No that's not what I mean
Z: I'll eat my socks
B: No – those aren't clean
Z: I'll eat … the stereo
B: Too expensive
Z: I'll eat the patio
B: Too extensive
Z: Can I eat the chairs?
B: Where'll we sit?
Z: Can I eat my hair
B: Full of grime and grit
Z: Then I'll eat air
B: You'll  get so thin your clothes won't fit
Z: Then I'll eat my underwear
B: Oh that's it!

B: YOU HAVE TO EAT SOMETHING
Z: OH NO
B: YOU'VE HAVE TO EAT SOMETHING
Z: SAY IT AIN'T SO
B: YOU'VE HAVE TO EAT SOMETHING
Z: WHOA WHOA WHOA WHOA
B: OR YOU'LL SHRIVEL UP AND BLOW AWAY!

Z: how 'bout our goldfish?
B: that's our pet
Z: so?
B: no
Z: its fish. People eat fish.
B: no
Z: why not?
B:  too small. And you'll still be hungry. And we don't eat our pets
Z: People eat some animals. And fish are animals.
B: well, scientifically speaking, in biological terms, we are animals too
Z:  then i'll eat my brother
B: no! You've got no other!
Z: then i'll eat my sister
B: no we'd miss her!
Z: I'll eat grandma!
B: no, we love her, a lot!
Z: I'll eat my cousin, I have a dozen!
B: stop, you can't eat your family!
Z: so basically, what you're saying is, we can't eat anything we have an emotional attachment to?
B:….. Right.
Z: but I really love my food!
B: that's different.
Z: but I really love macaroni and cheese.... I really love it
B: ok, mac and cheese for breakfast
Z: yippee!

B: YOU HAVE TO EAT SOMETHING
Z: OK!
B: YOU'VE HAVE TO EAT SOMETHING
Z: HIP HURRAY!
B: YOU'VE HAVE TO EAT SOMETHING
Z: OH OH OH
B: OR YOU'LL SHRIVEL UP LIKE A RAISIN!

Z: Raisins are good
B: Here, have some.  I didn't know you liked mac and cheese this much.
Z: oh yeah.  In fact, I want to marry it, and live happily ever after,
B: finish up
Z: and have little macaroni and cheeses, and raise them as my own.

Words and Music by Billy Jonas and Jane Anne Tager
Copyright 2009 Billy Jonas, Bang-A-Bucket Music, BMI

Billy Jonas: vocals
Jake Wolf: bass
River Guerguerian: percussion, drums
Zedd Littlejohn: vocals



Produced by Billy Jonas, Bill Melanson & Adam Johnson
Engineered by Adam Johnson at Possum Palace
Mixed by Billy Jonas and Adam Johnson at Possum Palace, Braidstream Studios and Upstream Studios, Asheville, NC