LIBRARY! Meet my friends at a quarter to three Down at the library Grab a chair, find a book See what everybody came to see Dinosaurs! Civil War! How to build a patio! There’s a book for everything Except helicopters Those are kept at City Hall DO IT! DO IT, DEWEY! DEWEY! DEWEY! DEWEY! D-D-D-D-D— DEWEY DECIMAL! Books on the shelf! Friends by your side! DEWEY DECIMAL! COME ON INSIDE! Got my card Got my bag Got a book about flags Tom found one about volcanoes Jenny’s reading about Rome Mike checked out a dictionary You’re not supposed to take those home Nobody said anything LIBRARY! Quiet in the reading room People trying to think You can talk below sixty decibels That became federal law in 1978 Magazines! Newspapers! Microfiche! Microfiche! Nobody knows what it is But every library has some DO IT! DO IT, DEWEY! DEWEY! DEWEY! DEWEY! D-D-D-D-D— DEWEY DECIMAL! Fiction over here! Science over there! A little rolling ladder! GET ME UP THERE! Second floor! Local history! Old photographs of buildings That are now a Walgreens! There used to be a train station here! There was a fire! Nobody remembers the fire! LIBRARY! Bring your books back when they’re due Drop them through the slot If you lose a library book You will be referred for a criminal complaint Anyway— COMPUTERS! Printers! FREE WIFI! There’s a bathroom by the stairs! The librarian knows everything You just walk up and ask “How tall is the moon?” “Where do turtles go at night?” “Who invented ham?” She knows She went to school for this DO IT! DO IT, DEWEY! DEWEY! DEWEY! DEWEY! D-D-D-D-D— DEWEY DECIMAL! Bring your friends! Stay all day! Put the books back where you found them! Actually don’t do that They hate that LIBRARY! BOOKS! FRIENDS! KNOWLEDGE! The drinking fountain is inspected by the governor! LIBRARY!
