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A Boy And His Frog - by Tom Smith
They say, “Oh, that’s just foam and a wire,
Attached to a green velvet sleeve,
Anyone can do that” — well, that’s true, I suppose,
But who else could make them believe?
This is one of those songs that really gets me choked up. Full lyrics at Tom Smith Online. You can also read about how the song came to exist:
When Mr. Henson died, I had to do something — and I had to do it quickly, because MarCon was in three days. In a fitting burst of weirdness, this song was written on The Steps at the MarCon hotel, … I went back up to the hotel room, sang it until I could sing it twice without breaking down, then did my concert, and broke down anyway. That was my first standing ovation.
