GIMME A SMILE (THE PUMPKIN SONG)
    (A.GOLD/G. PRESTOPINO 1996)

    A CHUBBY LITTLE PUMPKIN
    SAT IN A PATCH
    WAITIN' BREATHLESSLY
    TO SEE JUST WHO WAS GONNA SNATCH HIM
    HE PUMPED HIMSELF UP
    HE KEPT HIMSELF CLEAN
    'CAUSE IT WAS JUST A FEW DAYS
    UNTIL HALLOWEEN

    A PRETTY LITTLE CUTIE
    IN A LAVENDER DRESS
    SAW OUR BOY AND PICKED HIM UP
    THEN SHE BEGAN TO CARESS HIM
    SHE HUGGED HIM AND SHE SQUEEZED
    TILL THEY WERE CHEEK TO CHEEK
    SHE ALMOST DROPPED HIM ON HIS BOTTOM
    WHEN HE STARTED TO SPEAK

    COULD I MAKE A SMALL SUGGESTION
    LIKE TO ASK JUST IN CASE
    YOU WOULD REMEMBER THIS REQUEST
    WHEN YOU'RE DESIGNING MY FACE?

    HE SAID
    PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE
    GIMME A SMILE
    I'M ONLY GONNA BE HERE
    FOR THE LITTLE-EST WHILE
    DON'T WANNA BE THE JACK 'O LANTERN
    SCARIN' AWAY EVERY CANDY LOVIN' KID
    WHO'S TRICK OR TREATING TODAY
    NO ONE WANTS A FRIEND WHO ONLY CAN FROWN
    TURN UP THE ENDS OF MY MOUTH
    INSTEAD OF TURNIN 'EM DOWN
    LOOKIN' LIKE A MONSTER REALLY ISN'T MY STYLE
    SO PLEASE MAKE PRETTY
    PLEASE GIMME A SMILE

    HE WAS A LITTLE BIT WORRIED
    A LITTLE PERPLEXED
    'CAUSE ALL HIS OTHER ORANGE FRIENDS
    WERE ACTIN' TOUGHER THAN THE NEXT GUY
    ONE PUT ON A GRIMACE
    ONE WORE A SCOWL
    ONE EVEN WORE A SHEET AND THEN
    BEGAN TO HOWL

    HE WAS OH SO HAPPY
    TO BE THE LITTLE GIRL'S CHOICE
    HE GIGGLED AND HE STAMMERED
    IN HIS SHY LITTLE VOICE
    THEN HE WHISPERED TO HER SWEETLY
    IN THEIR COZY EMBRACE
    I WANT A PRETTY SMILE
    JUST LIKE THE ONE ON YOUR FACE

    I'M ONLY MAKING ONE APPEARANCE
    IN THIS FLEETING PUMPKIN LIFE
    COULD YOU GRANT MY ONE DESIRE
    WHEN YOU CARVE ME WITH THAT KNIFE?

    PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE
    GIMME A SMILE
    I'M ONLY GONNA BE HERE
    FOR THE LITTLE-EST WHILE
    DON'T WANNA BE THE JACK 'O LANTERN
    SCARIN' AWAY EVERY CANDY LOVIN' KID
    WHO'S TRICK OR TREATING TODAY
    I'D BE EVER SO GRATEFUL
    IF YOU GIVE ME A GRIN
    LET ALL THE HAPPY LITTLE CHILDREN
    SEE THE BRIGHTNESS WITHIN
    DON'T GIMME NO FANGS
    LIKE THAT MEAN CROCODILE
    PLEASE MAKE PRETTY
    PLEASE GIMME A SMILE

    PLEASE PLEASE
    GIMME A SMILE
    I'M ONLY GONNA BE HERE
    FOR THE LITTLE-EST WHILE
    DON'T WANNA BE THE JACK 'O LANTERN
    SCARIN' AWAY EVERY CANDY LOVIN' KID
    WHO'S TRICK OR TREATING TODAY
    GIMME A GREAT BIG GRIN
    I'LL BE THE HAPPIEST GUY
    THE EVENING AFTER HALLOWEEN
    I'LL BE THE TASTIEST PIE
    WELL IF I GOTTA GO
    LET ME BE GOIN IN STYLE
    OH PLEASE PLEASE PRETTY PLEASE
    GIMME A SMILE
    GIMME A SMILE
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