Shoveling

Shoveling
by Michael Mark & Tom Chapin
© 1988 HCD Music & The Last Music Co. (ASCAP)

One day it snowed, snowed real hard
Up against the fence in my backyard.
It didn’t let up until the dark of night
And when my Dad got home
The whole world was white.
He grabbed his shovel, hiked to the road,
Began to dig that driveway, clear that snow.
I jumped in my snowsuit, I ran out the door,
I said, “Can I help?”
My Dad said, “Sure! Grab a shovel!”
We’re shoveling. He took his coat off.
Shoveling, just me and my Dad.
We’re shoveling, shoveling,
Shoveling all night long.

I said, “Hey Daddy, Daddy, Daddy-o,
Let’s build a snowman in the snow.”
He said, “No, we’re shoveling,
Now get to work!”
Shoveling, shoveling, shoveling all night long.

I said, “Hey Daddy, Daddy, Daddy-o,
Let’s build an igloo in the snow.”
He said, “No, we’re shoveling,
Are you helping me or what?”
Shoveling, shoveling, shoveling all night long.

I said, “Hey Daddy, Daddy, Daddy-o,
Let’s make an angel in the snow.”
Well, he stopped and turned to me real slow,
He said, “Isn’t it about your bedtime?”
I said, “No no no no no no nooooo... No!
I’m shoveling, Dad, I’m helping, I am!”
Shoveling, shoveling, shoveling all night long.

When we finished, it sure looked good.
We had the cleanest driveway
In the neighborhood.
I came inside, I went straight to sleep.
Woke up next morning...
The snow was four feet deep
And we’re shoveling.
I heard on the radio school’s closed, too bad!
Shoveling, shoveling, shoveling all night,
Shoveling, shoveling, shoveling all day,
Shoveling, shoveling, shoveling all night long.

This song appears on Tom Chapin's Family Tree CD.

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