"Toontown"

To the song "Graceland" by Paul Simon,
Lyrics by Batya "The Toon" Levin

It's morning on a weekend
And the sun comes up and peeks into my room
And I stumble from my bedroom
To the kitchen
For some cornflakes and some Looney Toons

I'm goin' to Toontown, Toontown
Watchin'my TV
I'm goin' to Toontown
Morning on Sunday or Saturday
And we are goin' to Toontown
My traveling companion is nine years old
He's a child of the mid-nineties
But I've reason to surmise
A smile will fill his eyes in Toontown

Mom comes in and says, That's a kids'show
As if I didn't know that
As if I didn't know my own mind
As if I'd never noticed
The way she sighed when I hit stop-rewind.
And she says, Those cartoons
Are just another silly stage
Everybody says to act your age
Everybody says to grow up

I'm goin' to Toontown
Watchin'my TV
I'm goin' to Toontown
Talk shows and sitcoms are left behind
And we are goin' to Toontown

And my traveling companions
Are ducks and wacky wabbits
I'm laughing at Bugs and Daffy
But I've reason to suspect
That we can all connect in Toontown

There's a girl in New York City
Who calls herself Batya "The Toon" Levin
And sometimes when I'm just a little
Wacky and wild-eyed, I say
Oh, so this is what she means
She means we're bouncing into Toontown
And she knows liking 'toons
Ain't just another silly stage
No one ever says to act your age
No one ever has to grow old

In Toontown, in Toontown
I'm goin' to Toontown
For reasons I cannot explain
There's some part of me wants to see Toontown
And I may be obliged to explain
Every laugh, every anvil,
Or maybe there's no obligations here
Maybe I've a reason to suppose
That laughter first arose in Toontown

In Toontown, Toontown, Toontown
I'm goin' to Toontown