From the recording Teeny Tiny House
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I began writing this song on a road trip through the Midwest with my friend Ginny. At a rest stop I sang a bit of the chorus to her. The next time we stopped and I mentioned the song she exclaimed, "Don't sing it again!! I've had it stuck in my head ever since the first time!" Taking that as an encouraging sign, I went back to work on the song with renewed confidence!
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This recording was made LIVE at a House Concert in San Antonio in February, 2013 with Kevin Lewis on guitar and me on mandolin and lots of good people singing along. It was a wonderful audience to hear the debut of the song because they laughed in all the right spots! (Thanks, Cheryl, for hosting the concert!) Some of the people singing along are friends who helped me build my house!
TEENY TINY HOUSE
Copyright 2013 Dana Clark
CHORUS: I live in a teeny tiny house
A teeny tiny house
A teeny tiny house
I live in a teeny tiny house
With a teeny tiny carbon footprint
The walls are stuffed with insulation
And it’s shaded by a giant tree
The slate floor is cool in the summer
So I hardly ever need A.C.
All the gray water from my house
Runs out in the yard and finds a dry spot
Sink and tub and wash machine
Everything except “you-know what!”
CHORUS
If global warming leaves you in a panic
You can eat local, sustainable, organic
It’s eco-friendly if you’re able
To grow it in the yard and slap it on the table!
CORN and cabbage in the front yard
Bunch a chickens in the back
Kale and broccoli and swiss chard
You can look it up in the Farmer’s Almanac!
The chickens eat the bugs and weeds
And in a little bit
They make all the eggs you need
And lots of chicken…..poop!
And when you put that in your garden
Lots of vegies grow
And lots of bugs and weeds for the chickens
And round and round the cycle goes
CHORUS
I wish I’d lived at Walden pond
And been best friends with you-know-who
I read his words now and I think
“What would Henry David do?”
Cause it’s not those who have the most
Who live on Easy Street
The richest people I know are
The ones who need the least
I don’t want lots of extra things
I want just enough
That way I don’t need place after place (after place after place….)
After place to keep my stuff
By the time I have grandkids
I hope I’ll be off the grid
While toilet training I will boast
"Look down there, kids. That’s compost!"
CHORUS
Reduce reuse and re-cycle
Walk and ride your by-sigh-cle
Walk and ride your bicycle
Reduce reuse and re-sick-le
Think globally, act locally (repeated at end)
Spoken: A tiny house means tiny housework!
Dana Clark: Vocal, mandolin. Kevin Lewis: Guitar. Recorded live at Cheryl's House Concert.