Sick Songtext
von Shel Silverstein

"I cannot go to school today!"
Said little Peggy Ann McKay
"I have the measles and the mumps
A gash, a rash, and purple bumps
My mouth is wet, my throat is dry
I′m going blind in my right eye

My tonsils are as big as rocks
I've counted sixteen chicken pox
And there′s one more, that's seventeen
And don't you think my face looks green?

My leg is cut, my eyes are blue
It might be instamatic flu
I cough and sneeze and gasp and choke
I′m sure that my left leg is broke


My hip hurts when I move my chin
My belly button′s caving in
My back is wrenched, my ankle's sprained
My ′pendix pains each time it rains

My nose is cold, my toes are numb
I have a sliver in my thumb
My neck is stiff, my spine is weak
I hardly whisper when I speak
My tongue is filling up my mouth

I think my hair is falling out
My elbow's bent, my spine ain′t straight
My temperature is 108
My brain is shrunk, I cannot hear
There's a hole inside my ear
I have a hangnail, and my heart is... what?

What′s that? What's that you say?
You say today is Saturday? Ha-ha
G'bye, I′m goin′ out to play"