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 voice 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 one-o-eight
My brain is shrunk, I cannot hear
There is 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?
G'bye, I'm going out to play!"