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Tantrum Rock

Words by Douglas Heyes Jr. Explore this song from the Douglas Heyes Jr. collection.

Original Doug Heyes lyrics · AI-generated music & vocals

Children's boundless energy becomes an invented dance made from jumping, splashing, noisy protests and resistance to bedtime. Television characters, neighborhood games and familiar family rules fill its comic world. The refrain exaggerates a tantrum into a community performance, turning every ordinary interruption into another excuse to keep moving.

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Tantrum Rock

Words by Douglas Heyes Jr

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TANTRUM ROCK

Jumpin’ on your head
Like a monkey in your bed
Had a snack to eat
Watchin’ Sesame Street
Swingin’ from the rafters
Party hardy after
Crocodile and Fraggle Rock
Rock your socks off till you drop

Music's never going to stop
Pop and Lock and roll the Rock
Bunny socks down in your Crocs
Slide downstairs in a cardboard box
Mom says no, you got to go
And you know what your mom says goes
Dance demented down the block
You invented Tantrum Rock

Tantrum Rock, Tantrum Rock
Throw a fit, get what you want
When you think they've had enough
You just start to huff and puff
Tantrum rock, Tantrum Rock
Ride your bike off down the block
Neighbor lady says Don't stop
Lemonade and Tantrum Rock

You'll be stampin’ in your Pampers
Pumpin’ in your jumpers
A bumpin’ and a thumpin’
Kid, you're really somethin’
Whirlin’ like a dervish
You make your daddy nervous
Mommy said to go to bed
But you just got enormous

All the grown ups down below
Cock-A-Doodle rooster crows
Frenchy poodle licks your nose
Splashing in the garden hose
Everyone out of the pool
Guess it's time to go to school
Sugar  ‘n spice ‘n everything nice
Dance your pants off once or twice

Tantrum Rock, Tantrum Rock
Campbell's chicken noodle soup
Two chickens in every pot
Bugs Bunny, ya big galloot
Big kids out there shootin’ hoops
Boys and girls out on the stoops
Bedtime soon at 8:00
Better throw a little Tantrum Rock