Playing touch football out in the park,
The quarterback called my name.
"Go long down the sideline, I'll throw you the bomb,
We're gonna win this game."

Hut one! Hut two! I took off on three,
Faked out my man, I was clear!
The throw was a beauty, right on the money,
My team-mates were starting to cheer! But then I...

Oops! I fumbled it! Oops! I bumbled it!
Oh, no! Oops! Oh, no! Oops!

Later we were sitting and having our supper
Mom, Dad, sister and me.
I reached for some dressing to put on my salad,
The bottle needed shaking I could see.

The glass was oily, it slipped from my hand,
And landed in my sister's bowl.
She screamed! She jumped! There was soup all over -
I wanted to crawl in a hole. Because I...

Dad came up to my room in a while.
He said, "Don't worry, it's just a stage.
I used to drop every single thing I touched
But I grew out of it with age."

He smiled and hugged me and turned to go,
But just as he got to the door,
He tripped on the rug, lost his balance -
His coffee went flying to the floor! Because he...

Mom came running up the stairs in a fright,
"What's going on over here?"
Dad was just getting up off the floor,
He tried to pretend, "Why, nothing, my dear..."

Mom took a look at the coffee-spattered room,
She looked at the empty coffee cup.
My sister started snickering, Mom started giggling,
And then, we all cracked up! 'Cause sometimes....

 

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