[Tune: Cottonfields]
WHEN SHE WAS A LITTLE BITTY BABY
HER MOMMA WOULD ROCK HER IN THE CRADLE
SAYING, YOU’LL BE AN OFFICE TECH SOME DAY.
THEN WHEN SHE GOT A LITTLE BIT OLDER
SHE BECAME JUST A LITTLE BIT BOLDER
AND TOOK OFF FOR CALI-FOR-NIA.
WITH THE HELP OF A LITTLE BIT OF KNOWLEDGE
SHE LANDED A JOB AT MESA COLLEGE
THIS WAS IN JULY OF 1968.
WORKING CLOSE WITH THE DEAN OF STUDENTS
YOU’D BETTER HAVE A HELL OF A LOT OF PRUDENCE
AND KAY CRAVEN NEVER ONCE WAS LATE.
NOW WHEN THOSE STUDENTS GIVE HER TROUBLE
SHE WOULD GENTLY BURST THEIR BUBBLE SAYING,
“YOU’RE AT MESA COLLEGE, NOW.”
THEN SHE WENT TO STADIUM PLAZA
ALSO KNOW AS GARLANDS CASTLE
WHERE SHE WORKED FOR FIFTEEN YEARS AND MORE.
IT’S THERE SHE MADE A LOT OF FRIENDS
BUT ALL GOOD THINGS HAVE TO END
NOW SHE’S HEADED FOR THE EXIT DOOR
NOW SHE’LL LIVE “THE LIFE OF RILEY”
WRITING POEMS AND THINKING HIGHLY
OF THE CREW AT PLAZA’S FIRST FLOOR
WHEN SHE WAS A LITTLE BITTY BABY
HER MOMMA WOULD ROCK HER IN THE CRADLE
SAYING, YOU’LL BE AN OFFICE TECH SOME DAY
SAYING, YOU’LL BE AN OFFICE TECH SOME DAY.
M. Schroeder-Clary
Late 1980’s