Prerogative
When I was a boy of ten years old
I made my mama proud
That's when I learned a brand new word
That I'd often say outloud
I had heard other people use it
But I didn't know what it meant
So that's when I looked in Webster's
Where many hours were spent
Prerogative was my brand new word
I'd say it everywhere
I even used it at the dinner table
It didn't matter who was there
I would used it in the bathroom
While reading that magazine
I would use it in the bath tub
While making sure I'm clean
The one day my mama told me
Don't say that word anymore
I told her, "That's your prerogative"
Cause now I'm smarter than before
Well, that just didn't sit very well
As you can probably figure out
And that's when she started to fussin'
And man can that woman shout
She said go to your room young man
I said, "Mama are you positive?"
She said, "Yes I am now hurry up"
I said, "That's your Prerogative"
Copyright © Larry Belt | Year Posted 2010
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