You can imagine the story behind this song... it's the story of two sisters putting words in the mouth of their two-year-old baby brother. It's basically their take on how he must be feeling on the cusp of finally abandoning diapers forever. This was written early on a Saturday morning before their mother was awake, which is probably how the potty talk made it as far as it did....
lyrics
(Potty) Training, Amazing
I gotta go pee
I gotta go,
I gotta go woo woo woo woo
I gotta take off my shoes when I go…
‘Cause I can’t wear my shoes in the bathroom
You say potty training, I say amazing!
‘Cause we’re done with diapers soon…
I gotta go
I gotta go
I gotta go
I’ve been wearing diapers for a couple of years,
And I think it’s time for a change
My older sisters always use the bathroom,
And messing up my diapers is getting strange
When I’m feelin’ like I need to go,
I need to stand up and say
All these diapers are just kids’ stuff,
It’s time to hit the potty,
And go pee, I gotta go
I gotta go woo woo woo woo
I gotta take off my shoes when I go
‘Cause I can’t wear my shoes in the bathroom
You say potty training, I say amazing!
‘Cause we’re done with diapers soon….
I gotta go, I gotta go
I gotta go, I gotta go
I got some pullups with a cowboy on it,
My parents call ‘em underwear
But I know that they’re really just diapers,
I wasn’t both yesterday or even last year
The one solution to this diaper crisis
Is to just get rid of them all for good,
The only underwear I’ll wear is the real stuff,
Is this understood?
You say potty training, I say amazing!
‘Cause we’re done with diapers soon
I gotta go (I gotta go)
I gotta go (I gotta go)
I gotta go (I gotta go)
I already know I’m a big kid now,
The best way to show you how
Is to make it so you’ll quit complaining
When you’re changing every day, every way,
Those diapers are yesterday
You say potty training, I say amazing
‘Cause we’re done with diapers soon
I gotta go, I gotta go
I gotta go, I gotta go
I gotta go, I gotta go
I GOTTA GO!
Rob McLean is a songwriter from Guelph, Ontario. He has released albums under his own name, and under the name Jon D'Eaux and the Sibling Rivals. The latest "Rob McLean" album "Play Pause Stop" was released in May 2015.
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