Get up now Get up now Get up out of bed Wash your face Brush your teeth Comb your sleepy head Here’s your clothes And your shoes Hear the words I said Get up now Get up and make your bed Are you hot? Are you cold? Are you wearing that? Where’s your books and your lunch and your homework at? Grab your coat and your gloves and your scarf and hat Don’t forget you got to feed the cat Each your breakfast The experts tell us it’s the most important meal of all Take your vitamins so you will grow up one day to be big and tall Did you remember the orthodontist will be seeing you at three today? Don’t forget your piano lesson is this afternoon So you must play Don’t shovel Chew slowly But hurry The bus is here Be careful Come back here Did you wash behind your ears? Play outside Don’t play rough Would you just play fair? Be polite Make a friend Don’t forget to share Work it out Wait your turn Never take a dare Get along Don’t make me come down there Clean your room Fold your clothes Put your stuff away Make your bed Do it now Do we have all day? Were you born in a barn? Would you like some hay Can you even hear a word I say? Answer the phone Get Off the phone Don’t sit so close Turn it down No texting at the table No more computer time tonight Your iPod’s my iPod if you don’t listen up Where you going and with whom and what time do you think you’re coming home? Say thank you, please, excuse me Makes you welcome everywhere you roam You’ll appreciate my wisdom Someday when you’re older and you’re grown Can’t wait ‘til you have a couple little children of your own You’ll thank me for the counsel I gave you so willingly But right now I thank you NOT to roll your eyes at me Close your mouth when you chew Would appreciate Take a bite Maybe chew Of the stuff you hate Use your fork Do not you burp Or I’ll set you straight Eat the food I put upon your plate Get an egg in the door Don’t get smart with me Get a Grip Get up here I’ll count to 3 Get a job Get a life Get a PhD Get a [???] I don’t care who started it You’re grounded until your 36 Get your story straight And tell the truth for once for heaven’s sake And if all your friends jumped off a cliff Would you jump too? If I’ve said it once, I’ve said at least a thousand times before that You’re too old to act this way It must be your father’s DNA Look at me when I am talking Stand up straighter when you walk A place for everything And everything must be in place Stop crying or I’ll give you something real to cry about Oh! Brush your teeth Wash your face Get your PJs on Get in bed Get a hug Say a prayer with Mom Don’t forget I love you **KISS** And tomorrow we will do this all again because a mom’s work never ends You don’t need the reason why Because Because Because Because I said so I said so I said so I said so I’m the Mom The mom The mom The mom The mom Ta-da