Tell It Back

[KID] Make a movie in my head — TELL IT BACK! One picture every scene — TELL IT BACK! (yeah!)

Mama told a story, now I press record, one little picture for each part I heard. Click — there's the hill. Click — there's the goat. Frames in a line and I'm good to go.

Make a movie in my head — TELL IT BACK! Press play real slow — TELL IT BACK! (uh!) Picture, picture, picture, keep 'em on track — in order, in order, then I TELL IT BACK!

Hill (baa!) — bridge (clack!) — troll goes SPLASH in the stream, goat goes trot-trot, every picture on the screen.

[LITTLE SIBLING] Then what? Then what? Tell me some more!

[KID] I rewind in my mind to the picture before — hill, then bridge, then troll, then goat, replay the row and the whole thing flows. (hey!)

Make a movie in my head — TELL IT BACK! Press play real slow — TELL IT BACK! (uh!) Picture, picture, picture, keep 'em on track — in order, in order, then I TELL IT BACK!

[LITTLE SIBLING] Again! Again! Don't let it go!

Hill, bridge, troll, goat — still in a row, pictures glowin' in the dark like a film on the wall... three little goats in the bed, and I remembered it all.