FUNNY · COUNTRY POP
The Good Scissors
For Dad's birthday
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Why this song was made
This birthday song is for a dad who guards his special scissors more carefully than the family car. His children confess a lifetime of borrowing them for suspicious craft projects.
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[Verse 1]
Dad keeps the good scissors in a biscuit tin upstairs,
Underneath some batteries and seven mystery spare pairs.
There's a label saying FABRIC, underlined in angry red,
And a speech about respect that we could quote before bed.
[Chorus]
Who took the good scissors? Nobody will say.
There's glitter in the hallway and a cardboard cabaret.
Dad, you raised some crafty kids; the evidence is clear,
We love you more than all the things you've hidden every year.
[Verse 2]
You found them by the rabbit cage one memorable spring,
We claimed the rabbit needed help to make a paper thing.
You stared across your glasses with your famous patient face,
Then cut the rabbit out a crown and put them back in place.
[Bridge]
We bought you shiny new ones, with your name upon the side,
A velvet little presentation box to fill your heart with pride.
But please ignore the ribbon scraps that somehow reached the shed,
We've signed a full confession on the card you haven't read.
[Chorus]
Who took the good scissors? Nobody will say.
There's glitter in the hallway and a cardboard cabaret.
Dad, you raised some crafty kids; the evidence is clear,
We love you more than all the things you've hidden every year.