Library Boy

LIBRARY BOY
By Debbie Ridpath Ohi
(Performed for our friend Rand Bellavia of Ookla the Mok
as a birthday surprise from Allison, Jodi and Debbie)
April/2002
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C F G
I am a civilized girl, I comb my hair, I love my family
C
but I confess my very favourite refuge is my local
F G
library.
F G
The musty bookshelves are so picturesque
F G C C
But most of all I like the guy behind the desk.

CHORUS:
F C
Hey, Mr. Library Boy, please wontcha
F C
show me a little Heinlein or some Leo Tolstoy
F C
You don’t know I exist but you have my heart
G
Wontcha stamp my card?

C C

C F G
The way you put away books, the way you always articulate
C
The way you gimme a look when I talk too loud, it makes my poor heart
F G
palpitate
F G
When I go home, the world loses its zest
F G C C
Can’t wait ’til I get back to the guy behind the desk.

CHORUS:
F C
Hey, Mr. Library Boy, please wontcha
F C
show me a little Heinlein or some Leo Tolstoy
F C
You don’t know I exist but you have my heart
G
Wontcha stamp my card?

C F G
I’ve got a tendency to keep books ’til they’re way overdue
C
I get the notices but it’s been six years, where’s my special
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visit from you?
F G
You smile at me and I can’t help but obsess
F G C C
how I’d like to catalog the guy behind the desk.

CHORUS:
F C
Hey, Mr. Library Boy, please wontcha
F C
show me a little Heinlein or some Leo Tolstoy
F C
You don’t know I exist but you have my heart
G
Wontcha stamp my card?

BRIDGE/END:
C F C C
Oh Mr. Library Boy, by now you surely know I’m not a newcomer
C F
So baby, let’s not be coy, I’d like to get your
C C
Dewey Decimal Number
F G
I try but nothing I do will make me forget
F G C ——-
My passion for that special guy behind the desk.

(Jodi: Mr. Library Boy, lemme show ya some
bibliophile joy)

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