Mitch Friedman's
Purple Burt:
Winner of National Parenting Publications Award, 2005
PURPLE BURT
(SUNG BY MITCH):
PURPLE BURT EATS GREEN BEANS,
ORANGE PORRIDGE AND RED BREAD
PURPLE BURT DRINKS BLUE JUICE,
WEARS PINK MINK AND BLACK SLACKS
PURPLE BURT JUMPS HOPE ROPE,
HIS BRAIN IS A KALEIDOSCOPE
PURPLE BURT IS COLORBLIND,
PURPLE BURT'S INVISIBLE
I'M PURPLE BURT, YOU'RE PURPLE BURT
I'M . . .
PURPLE BURT RIDES THE SIDE OF A RAINBOW,
HE'S GOT ONE ZILLION COLOR TV'S
PURPLE BURT DREAMS OF SKIING PLUTO
AS HE NAPS IN A PRISM TREE
PURPLE BURT STAYS ALERT
BY EATING LOTS OF PURPLE DIRT
PURPLE BURT IS COLORBLIND,
PURPLE BURT'S INVISIBLE
I'M PURPLE BURT, YOU'RE PURPLE BURT
I'M PURPLE BURT, YOU'RE PURPLE BURT
PURPLE BURT HAS A BROTHER PURPLE HERBERT
HERBERT LIVES IN A TIN OF HERBAL SHERBURT
HE SPENDS HIS DAYS SLURPING AND BURPING
PURPLE BURT DRIVES TO WORK
ON HIS SNAPPING TURTLE NAMED KURT
THEY KEEP GASSES SEALED IN GLASSES;
ALL OF THESE ARE INERT
PURPLE BURT CAN'T EXERT;
HIS LITTLE PURPLE HEART IS HURT
PURPLE BURT IS COLORBLIND,
PURPLE BURT'S INVISIBLE
I'M PURPLE BURT, YOU'RE PURPLE BURT
I'M PURPLE BURT, YOU'RE PURPLE BURT
I'M PURPLE BURT
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