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Minivan (Taxi Service)

from Sketches and Demos by Douglas Hamilton

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The arc of parenting, viewed through the lens of hauling our kids around.

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Taxi service – how did I get to be a
Taxi service? What has become of me
Seems like I’m always hauling
Kids around from place to place

It starts with nursery school, with drop-offs every day
Play dates after, and pick-ups after play
That’s just at taste of what’s to come
Might as well get used to your new career

Soccer games – and soccer practice too
Teams and clubs – before and after school
Dance class – and visits to the gym
To learn gymnastics and self defense

Birthday parties – at least three every week
Buying presents – and getting’ them not to peek
Field trips
And picking up lost socks
And boots
And even underwear

Girl scouts, boy scouts, brownie scouts and cub scouts
School groups, church groups
Groups I never even heard of
Learning
To play the saxophone…trombone, or even violin

“We’re so bored” -- they’re moaning down the hall
Can you take us all out to the mall
But could you
Make sure that no one sees us
Riding in a giant green gas-guzzling
Minivan minivan minivan minivan

All at once they all begin to drive
You just pray they make it home alive – if only
They’d ask you for a ride
You wish they wanted you to revive your
Taxi Service

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from Sketches and Demos, released March 21, 2012
Words, music and performance by Douglas Hamilton

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Douglas Hamilton Bristol, UK

Doug Hamilton puts his finger on what's terrifyingly funny about modern life and just keeps probing. In other hands, this could be dire, but Doug has a special way of making you laugh AND making you think. Doug grew up in America, came of age in Scotland, and has been bouncing between the US and the UK ever since. He never saw an instrument he didn't want to play. ... more

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