Let's Make a List - The Van Pelt

Let’s make a list

So we can feel like we’re accomplishing something

So we can feel like we’re working together

Let’s sit in a circle adding to the list

As we move around the room one by one

As you make a suggestion begin sternly

— you take no shit —

To give credence to your semi-constructive argument

Tomorrow we’ll wonder where this generation

Gets their priorities from

Tomorrow my heart will skip a beat

As it does every morning nine months of the year

It has to do with this list

Before the bells even ring

Before the hair is even combed

Will the approach ever change

Or will it begin as i’ve said

And end with a lighthearted twist

To prove we’re all adults?

It has to do with this list

Which we’ll put in our pockets

To throw away at a later date

It has to do with this list

Which makes me feel more uncomfortable

Than i’ve ever felt

More apple pie than i’ve ever been

We are not housewives, executives, or entrepreneurs

We are teachers by trade, complainers by role