Malvina Reynolds — It Turned Out to Be a Song

Some people bake a cookie Some people fly an aeroplane Some people turn a shovel over And up comes a field of grain I was just walking along Thinking of this and that And a hat and a cat and a baseball bat A bee in a tree and a city in the sea And a ping, pong Swing the gong And it turned out to be a song Some people read a story Some people eat an apple pie Some people sit at the open window Watching the stars go by I was just walking along Thinking of here and there And a kitchen chair, and some natural hair A garden swing, and a circus ring And a ping, pong Swing the gong And it turned out to be a song Some people ride a bicycle Some people take a walk in the rain Some people hear a funny noise And it sounds like a railroad train I was just walking along Nothing much in my mind But a window blind, and an orange rind A hoop and a top, and a skippety hop And a ping, pong Swing the gong And it turned out to be a song