Lyrics

Simmer Down JRRothrock 8/5/2025

It’s ladies’ night, the wife is out, and I’m baby-sittin’ kids.
I tucked them in, now 7 times, I’ll soon be takin’ bids!
It’s not that I don’t love ‘em, or don’t care where they have been…
But just when it gets quiet…lawd, the racket starts again!

Going on up there?… get back in bed! . your mama be home soon...
If you’re still up, she’ll have my head… and send me to the moon!
Ain’t No use, nobody listens, now they’re runnin’ up and down the hall...
Talkin to them young’uns is just like talkin’ to a wall!

It starts with little giggles… then there’s tiptoes cross the floor.
Simmer down up there and go to sleep… or I’ll give ya what you’re asking for!
I hear murmurs and whispers, and I think maybe a couple rhymes.
Next thing I know, I hear a beat… like someone’s keeping time!

The baby’s beating pots and pans, little Willie’s on the harp,
Sister’s pluckin’ upright bass, my boy is wailin’ on guitar!
Little Bessy’s on the ivories, getting’ better every day...
If it weren’t so late, I might join in… who cares what the neighbors say!

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The wife just called. She’s playing cards; she won and lost a few.
Says she’s havin’ fun but misses me, so I guess that I can muddle through.
May as well relax and tap my toes, there ain’t nothing I can do.
Yeah, the kids were bad, but the music’s good, so I guess I broke even, too!!!