mommy and dad are never nervous or mad
when you teenagers go downtown
daddy and mom just stay at home and be calm
and watch the late late show uptown
’cause when you kids are gone we get to spend some time alone here
that’s our only chance to use the bathtub or the phone here
when you’re away
besides we’re stuck where we are
because you kids took our money you kids took our car and went
downtown where can you possibly
downtown it’s twenty after three
downtown what do you mean by let’s frug
you don’t come home till 4 am cause you’re roaming
in the streets somewhere downtown
we would feel swell if only someone would tell us
what goes on down there downtown
but every time we ask you what you’re doing after dark there
you just say that you were frugging to petula clark there
that’s what i mean
so kids give your folks a break
because you’re driving us crazy we sit here all night and take
milltown swallowing pills so we’ll
calm down counting the hours you’re
downtown you and your frug and your slop
while we’re lying there we try to watch the television
then you call us up and say you’ve had a slight collision
there goes the car
besides that you’ve been arrested
so we’ve got to get up and we’ve got to get dressed and go
downtown borrow a car and go
downtown that’s where you are you finks
downtown wait ’till i get you kids home
spoken there’ll be no more frugging no swim no jerk no mashed potato no slop and you know what else you’re gonna stay home tonight and your mother and i are going downtown and we’re going to dance the tango and the waltz and the foxtrot and we’re gonna do the bunny hop that’s a nice dance and there’ll be no more frugging is that quite clear no more frugging
Artist: Allan Sherman
Year: 1965
Decade: 60s
Language: en
Word Count: 168