Time passed from
spring into summer
the ants worked hard
trying to bring in another
and another and another
and another piece of food
they’d see the blue grasshopper
and be rude
like-man, your scene is through
when winter comes
you’ll have to eat ice
because you been a bum
by the said-I can’t think about
meals right now
I gotta think about how this tune
feels right now
yep-the grasshopper was
in love with the music
he just had to choose it
some can’t refuse it
he kept doing what he felt
really was right
even when fall came
and it was chilly at night
BBBrrrrr-the ants would see him
and they’d start to tease him
sayin-pretty soon its gonna be
dark and freezing
you shoulda worked instead of
just playing for no reason
he said-check this one out
I been working on it all season

He rubbed his legs together
it kept getting better
he never ever thought about the weather
except the
day that he finally thought
the tune sounded so great
and then the winter wind
blew down a snowflake
the wind howled
his stomach growled
noone was around but an owl
and it scowled
things looked grim
his chances looked slim
then an ant ran through the plants
and took him
back to the anthill
he was a true fast talker
he said-lets make a deal
bluegrasshopper
man, us ants
we got so bored
please play us tunes
and we’ll share the food that we stored
I know we said
that playing songs
was a waste of time
but we were crazy wrong
the grasshopper said-that’s
nice to hear
and hey-check this one out
I been working on it all year