Potato

[Intro]
So what happened is I was walking in the woods
And what started rolling around in my head was
The chorus of the Mexican Hat Dance
With only the word "potato" in it
So there I was, I just kept singing it
"Potato, potato, potato, potato
Potato, potato, potato, potato"
Over and over
So I set myself this challenge to see if I could do this
In such a way as to cause the accent to fall at different times
On each of the three syllables of "po-ta-to"
And have it end up properly on "to"
As opposed to "ta" or "po"
It is a long walk
And I now have an entire song about potatoes

[Verse 1]
They're red, they're white, they're brown
They get that way underground
There can't be much to do
So now they have blue ones too
We don't care what they look like, we'll eat them
Any way they can fit on our plate
Every way we can conjure to heat them
We're delighted and think they're just great

[Chorus]
Potato potato potato po—
Tato potato potato pota—
To potato potato potato
Potato potato potato

[Verse 2]
Sometimes we ditch the skin
To eat what it's holding in
Sometimes we'd rather please
Have just the outside with cheese
They have eyes but they do not have faces
I don't know if their feelings get hurt
By just hanging around in dark places
Where they only can stare at the dirt

[Chorus]
Potato potato potato po—
Tato potato potato pota—
To potato potato potato
Potato potato potato

[Verse 3]
I guess the use is scant
For other parts of the plant
But that which grows in view
Is eating potato too
I imagine them under their acres
Out in Idaho and up in Maine
Maybe wondering if they'll be bakers
Or knishes or latkes or plain

[Chorus]
Potato potato potato po—
Tato potato potato pota—
To potato potato potato
Potato potato potato potato
Potato potato potato

[Outro]
Thank you
You guys want to try singing it?
Potato potato potato po—
Tato potato potato pota—
To potato potato potato
Potato potato potato potato
Potato potato potato