The following songs you might have heard (or might hear) during your stay at Santa Cruz Outdoor School.
I Wish You Well
Chorus
I wish you well may all your dreams come true
I wish you well no clouds to hide your view
I wish you peace, and friends
and many tales to tell but most of al
I wish you well
You’re a gypsy in your soul
with many miles to go
you have made your life out on the road
playing music in the street
touching everyone you meet
leavin’ ’em with a song before they go
Chorus
We played all through the night
And watched the morning light
Never thinking much about the time
Life is in your hands
So do all that you can
To make each moment last a long long while
Chorus
Watching as you play
your friends seem to say
Melody will always bring you through
Life is in your song
and I hope it won’t be long
‘Til all the gifts you give return to you
Banana Slug
Chorus (all together)
Baa-nah nuuuhh SLUG SLUG SLUG SLUG!!!!
Ba-nana slug, banana-nana-nana
Ba-nana slug, banana-nana-nana
Ba-nana slug, banana-nana-nana
You know I love my baby
I love the way that she hugs
Some people don’t understand it
She’s a banana slug
Chorus
He’s got just one foot
Ain’t got no toes
he hangs out in the forest
and helps to decompose
Chorus
Some folks say he’s gross
but I won’t hear that jive
‘cuz if it weren’t for my baby
the forest might not survive
Chorus
The way you wiggle your antenna
You kknow it gives me such bliss
Come on come on banana slug
and let me give you a kiss
Chorus
The way you slide through the forest
You know you look so fine
Come on come on come on banana slug
and let me lick off your slime!
Chorus
You know you twist so good
You know you slime so fine
Well, slime a little closer now
and show me that you’re all mine!!
Shooting Star
Please won’t you catch
a Shooting Star for me
And take it with you on your way
Though it seems like we’ve just met, you’re the one I won’t forget
Hope some kind wind blows you back my way
Chorus
And I was thinking maybe somewhere later down the road
After all our stories have been told
I’ll sit and think of you, the dear friend I once knew
(who)Shot through my life like a shooting star
You are so dear, your my bright and shining star
You brighten up each and every day
You are so near, but soon you’ll be so far
So why not hold my hand today?
Chorus
Sometimes I know that a part of you will show
Deep in my heart and in my smile
There will always be a part of you deep inside my heart
And I’ll know just when to let it go
Habitat
Chorus
Habitat, Habitat, have to have a Habitat
Habitat, Habitat, have to have a Habitat
Habitat, Habitat, have to have a Habitat
Have to have a Habitat to carry onThe ocean is a habitat, a very special habitat
It’s where the deepest water’s at, it’s where the biggest mammal’s at
It’s where our future food is at, it keeps the atmosphere intact
THE OCEAN IS A HABITAT THAT WE DEPEND ON
Chorus
The forest is a habitat, a very special habitat
It’s where the tallest trees are at, it’s where a beach can scratch her back
It keeps the ground from rolling back, renews the aquifers, in fact
THE FOREST IS A HABITAT THAT WE DEPEND ON
Chorus
The river is a habitat a very special habitat
It’s where the freshest water is at, for people, fish and muskrat
But when the people dumb the trash, the river takes the biggest rap
THE RIVER IS A HABITAT THAT WE DEPEND ON
Chorus
People are different from foxes and rabbits
Affect the whole Earth with their bad habits
Better to love it while we still have it
OR RAT-TAT-TAT-TAT OUR HABITAT’S GONE
Chorus
The tidepool is a habitat, a very special habitat
It’s where the hermit crab is at, it’s where the anemones get fat
It’s where the wildest waves are at, so don’t you ever turn your back
THE TIDEPOOL IS A HABITAT THAT WE DEPEND ON
Predators and Prey
Chorus
Predators and prey, producers and decay are in the FOOD CHAIN, chain, chain.
Predators and prey, producer and decay are in the FOOD CHAIN, chain, chain.
Plants are the PRODUCERS, they’re the sun users
In the FOOD CHAIN, chain, chain.
They store energy from the sun, and the FOOD CHAIN has begun,
In the FOOD CHAIN, chain, chain.
Chorus
The rabbit comes along and eats the plant down,
In the FOOD CHAIN, chain, chain.
But the plants they have more too feed those herbivores,
In the FOOD CHAIN, chain, chain.
Chorus
Coyote likes to eat a little rabbit meat,
In the FOOD CHAIN, chain, chain.
And it makes his day to eat his bunny prey,
In the FOOD CHAIN, chain, chain.
Chorus
Coyote lifts his tail and scats out on the trail,
In the FOOD CHAIN, chain, chain.
And the bugs think that’s a deal, because scat’s a gourmet meal,
In the FOOD CHAIN, chain, chain.
Chorus
The scat will decompose and a new plant grows,
In the FOOD CHAIN, chain, chain.
So the FOOD CHAIN never ends, it just begins again,
In the FOOD CHAIN, chain, chain.
Chorus
You can see from this song how energy moves along,
In the FOOD CHAIN, chain, chain.
So eat your food my friend, but think of where it’s been,
In the FOOD CHAIN, chain, chain.
Evil Waste
You gotta change your evil waste, BABY
Because the landfills are getting full
You’ve got to change, BABY
Your wastin’ ways are growing old
Chorus
You must reduce it, reuse it, recycle your waste
go tell your parents, your neighbors, to compost today
this can’t go oooon…
You know you’ve got to change.
Chorus:
When you’re at meals, BABY
Food you don’t eat just goes to waste
Waffles and Tacos, BABY
I see them sitting there on your plate
Chorus:
When you’re at home, BABY
the faucet’s drippin’ and the lights are on
Water is life, BABY
Conserve it now before it’s gone.
On The Loose
Chorus
On the loose to climb a mountain
On the loose where I am free
On the loose to live my life the way
I think my life should be
For I only have a moment, and the whole world yet to see
I’ll be looking for tomorrow on the loose
Have you ever seen a sunset, turn the sky completely red
Have you slept beneath the moon and stars, with a pine bough for your head?
Have you sat and talked with friends, though a word was never said?
Then you’re like me and you’ve been on the loose
Chorus
Theres a trail that I’ve been hiking, just to see where it might go
Many places yet to visit, many people yet to know
So in following my dreams, I will live and I will grow
On the trail that’s waiting out there on the loose
Chorus
So in search of love and laughter, I’ll be traveling through this land
Never sure of where I’m going, for I haven’t any plans
So in time when you are ready, come an join me, take my hand
And together we’ll find life out on the loose
Chorus
Alternate Verses
Now the moon is softly glowing and the stars are twinkling bright
Our laughter and our friendship have cleared this cloudy night
Come and join our flickering campfire, come and sing our happy songs
And together we’ll share life out on the loose.
Do the trees in the forest make you sit and think of love?
Does it take you twenty times or more to count the stars above?
For I’m here now and I like it and the hours melt away,
And if I want I’ll stay here another day.
Go Into the Night
Go into the night, there’s magic in the night
singing out a song that’s clear
Go into the night, theres magic in the night
singing out a song that’s clear
And a song that you can hear
Go into the night, there’s magic in the night
Singing out a song that’s clear
The Great Horned Owl is a nighttime pal
Singing out a song that’s clear
And the Owl You can hear
And The Song You can hear
Go into the night, there’s magic in the night
Singing out a song that’s clear
Down in the bog there are lots of frogs
Singing out a song that’s clear
And the Frogs you can hear
And the Owl You can hear
And the Song you can hear
Go into the night, there’s magic in the night
Singing out a song that’s clear
Down in the thicket there lots of crickets
Singing out a song that’s clear
And the Crickets you can hear
And the Frogs you can hear
And the Owl you can hear
And the Song you can hear
Go into the night, there’s magic in the night
Singing out a song that’s clear
The lonesome not of a lone coyote
is a song that you can hear
and the Coyote you can hear
and the Crickets you can hear
and the Frogs you can hear
and the Owl you can hear
And the song you can hear
Go into the night, there’s magic in the night
Singing out a song that’s clear
The silent wonder of the people’s hearts
will melt away your fears
And the Silence you can hear
and the Coyote you can hear
and the Crickets you can hear
and the Frogs you can hear
and the Owl you can hear
And the Silence you can hear
Tan Oak
This is a repeat after me song…
Chorus
Tan Oak Tan Oak (clap twice)
Ooh, baby let your xylem flow (Whooooo!)
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah
Tan Oak Tan Oak (clap twice)
Ooh, baby let your xylem flow (HUH!!)
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah
Let me tell you about
Something that’ll make you shout
It’s the Tan Oak tree
And it’s special to me
Chorus
It’s the Oak that’s tan
And it lends us a hand
It’s where the Indians go
for the Acorns that grow
Chorus
Its’ the Acorn’s hat
That’s bristly and fat
and the squirrels think it’s neat
to get an acorn treat
Chorus
It’s an evergreen
And it’s the best that I’ve seen
So put your hands in the air
And show you really care
Lump of Dirt
Sitting on, the cold cold ground (A Lump of Dirt)
I always get around (A Lump of Dirt)
I go home on your shoe (A Lump of Dirt)
I do much more than you do (A Lump of Dirt)
Chorus (Ya Ya part)
Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa,
Ya Ya Ya Ya YA,
Ya Ya Ya Ya YA,
Ya Ya Ya Ya YA,
YA YA YA YA
I make the flowers grow (A Lump of Dirt)
I’m where the ground squirrels go (A Lump of Dirt)
I’m a sponge for the rain (A Lump of Dirt)
I never, ever complain (A Lump of Dirt)
Chorus
I keep the roots in the ground (A Lump of Dirt)
I keep trees from falling down (A Lump of Dirt)
I keep the mountains and hills (A Lump of Dirt)
And even the beaches you fill (A Lump of Dirt)
Chorus
I’m where all things decompose (A Lump of Dirt)
Both an insect and a rose (A Lump of Dirt)
To me, nothing is new (A Lump of Dirt)
And someday, You’ll be dirt too
Chorus (2x)
Bats Eat Bugs
Chorus
Bats eat Bugs, they don’t eat people
Bats eat bugs, they dont fly in your hair
Bats eat bugs, they eat insects for dinner
thats why they’re flying up there.
Coyotes eat Rabbits, they don’t eat people
Coyotes eat Rabbits, ’cause you’re too big to bite
Coyotes eat Rabbits, they eat rabbits for dinner
And that’s why they’re out at night
Chorus
Snakes eat Mice, they don’t eat people
Snakes eat Mice that’s why they’re on the ground
Snakes eat Mice, ’cause we’re too big to swallow
And they don’t want you hangin around
Chorus
Bears eat Berries, they don’t eat people
Bears eat Berries, they don’t eat you or me
Bears eat Berries, and they’ll steal your dinner
So you better hang it high in a tree
Chorus
Nothing out there wants to eat you
Nothing out there wants to make you its meal
Nothing out there wants to have you for dinner
Cause they know how sick they would feel!
Scat
Chorus
It starts with an “s” and it ends with a “t”
It comes out of you and it comes out of me
I know what you’re thinkin’ but dont call it that!
Lets be scientific and call it SCAT
If you’re walkin’ through the forest
And your nose goes EW!
Some animal laid a SCAT near you
Don’t get grossed out or lose your lunch
‘Cause if you pick it apart you’ll learn a bunch
Chorus
It tells us they eat
It tells us who they are
And that’s what we know about scat so far
If you wanna learn about the animals around
Take a good look at the scat on the ground!
Chorus
Some people think that scat sure does stink
But it’s not as gross as you might think!
It tells us all that we’re alive
And without scat we couldn’t survive!