Joanie asked if I’d play a song at her daughter Natasha’s baby-warming party.  That sounds weird.  It was actually a 3-month birthday, I think.

Anyway, I decided I shouldn’t just play any old song, I should write one for Natasha.  And now, for her second birthday, I finally got around to recording it.  

Recording music for kids is the best.  You can put whatever you want in there.  Banjo?  Sure!  Whistling?  Definitely!  Sasquatch growl?  Do you even have to ask?  I wanted to put a gong at the end, but Aric wasn’t around and I couldn’t figure out how to use his soft-synth-sampler-deluxe.  Maybe next time.  Until then, here’s “Natasha”:

Natasha – 2:54

Thanks to Renee for the whistling.  I’m a lousy whistler.

Natasha
by Evan Jacover

I don’t really know you but I’m pretty sure that you’re the coolest girl I’ve ever met.
And one day when you talk to me we’re gonna have a whole lot of fun I suspect.
Apples in a basket, apples in a pie
Apples in a tree, how did they get so high?
An apple hit me on the head and gave me a clue that I should sing a song to you.

And you’re the reason that the monkey does his monkey dance.
And you’re the reason that the cheetah learned to run so fast.
And if you ask the walrus why he grew his big moustache-a…
He’d say he grew it for Natasha.

My wish for you is that what makes you happiest is when you’re seeing other people smile.
‘Cause when you’re in a room I’ve got a feeling that they’re gonna be smiling for a while.
A pile of dirt and a whole lot of love.
An inchworm’s dancing with a ladybug.
They do the foxtrot, jitterbug and bugaloo too.  All they want to do is dance for you.

And no one knows why your daddy only bowls strikes and spares
Or why your mama wears stilts walking up and down the stairs
But if you ask your grandma why she made all those hamentashen…
She’d say she made them for Natasha.

~  ~  ~  ~  ~

You may wonder why the Unicorn never shows her face
Or why the Loch Ness Monster stays hidden deep inside a lake.
And if you’re wondering why noone’s ever seen the Sasquatch-a…
It’s ’cause he’s waiting for Natasha.