We Can Have The Olympics Over At Our House - Tom Paxton

Everybody’s gonna boycott

Not a country’s gonna come

If they have games at all there be goin' some

For the Russians have decided

That they do not like L. A.

Well, I could have told them that

I say it fifty times a day

But there is no need to panic

And there is no need to cry

We’ll be running, jumping, tumbling children by and by

Did you think a little boycott

Would put good times in the soup

Did ya feel that hope was gone

And could feel the party poop

We can have the Olympics over at our house

If we use our heads it wouldn’t be so hard

Put the athletes on a bus

And bring ‘em over to us

We’ll fire a gun and run ‘em around the yard

We can have the Olympics over at our house

There’ll be room for all if no one’s gonna be there

And the fella with the torch

Bring it over to porch and

We’ll hang it up and show the world we care

There’s a basket in the driveway

Where the kids have always played

A treat for acrobats that even provides some shade

If the whole world’s gonna boycott

If the whole world stays at home

You can come on over to our house

We’ll have a good time on our own

We can have the Olympics over at our house

If we use our heads I know we’ll have a ball

We have a pool above the ground

We think it’s the nicest one around

If we shorten the races we can have ‘em all

Come on and have the Olympics over at our house

We can bake and sweat and get a medal or two

Grandma says she’ll hold the clock

While they run around the block

That’s about the limit of what grandma can do

If we have the Olympics over at our house

We can have the whole caboodle on TV

For a neighbour down the street

Has a video that’s a treat

If we mention his name he’ll lend the thing to me

Come on and have the Olympics over at our house

We’ll release a couple of pigeons and fire a gun

We could run a race or two

Then we’ll have some barbecue

Don’t you know we’re gonna have a lot of fun

And as an honorary starter

We’ve invited Jimmy Carter

Don’t you know we’re gonna have a lot of fu