Baby Wants a Penguin

FilkOntario has an at-con songwriting contest where they give you the words you must use and you write a song containing them. The words this year: penguin, elemental, preservation, maple, graphic.

Piece of cake. :)

And, somewhat to my surprise, I won the contest, which was the first time I've ever won a songwriting contest. I guess it's true when they say "Write what you know"...

(Chorus)E G D A
          E            G
When your baby wants a penguin, 
         D                A          E      G D A
It's the only thing she's got on her mind.
          E            G
When your baby wants a penguin,
         D                     A            B7
You know that's the thing that you'd better find.
      C                         A
She's crawling around and she's starting to prowl,
    Am7                                B7
And if she doesn't get it, well, she's going to howl.
          E            G
When your baby wants a penguin,
       D               A           E
She is gonna drive you out of your mind.

       C                            D
You're looking at a problem that is fundamental.
       C                               D
You're looking for a toy that might be sentimental,
    C                            D                   B7
But everything that you might provide is elementally wrong.
                               E      G D A
That's why you're singing this song.

You know your little girl has got no reservation.
You're gonna have to do it for self-preservation.
The urges that you feel for incineration are wrong.
That's why you're singing this song.

Now she's drawing you a penguin with the syrup maple,
The sticky sort of graphic that's her latest staple,
And every other use you might have for a capo'll be wrong.
That's why you're singing this song.

(Final chorus, then spoken)
Here, dear, I got you a penguin.
What's that?
You want a doggie.