The Babysitter's Here Lyrics - Many Great Companions - Dar Williams

Tonight was just great, she taught us the sign for peace 

Now she's made us some popcorn 

We've turned out the lights and we're watching movies 

I don't understand and she tries to explain 

How a spaceship is riding through somebody's brain 

And there's blood and guts and 

She's the best one that we've ever had 

She sits on her hair and she's tall as my dad 

And she tie dyed my shirt and she pierced her own ear 

And it's peace, man, cool, yeah, the babysitter's here 

Her boyfriend is Tom, but we call him the King of Romance 

He wears an American flag on the butt of his ripped up pants 

And will they get married with kids of their own? 

He says, "Not if she's going to college, we won't" and he kisses her, oh 

Someday I'll have a boyfriend just like that 

She's the best one that we've ever had 

She sits on her hair and she's tall as my dad 

And she got mad at dinner when Tom drank a beer 

But peace, man, cool, hey, the babysitter's here 

And we all went to see her go dance at the high school 

We made her a big card and she told us that she'd be the unicorn 

Wearing the pink leotard and there she was leaping up just like she said 

With the sparkling horn coming out of her head 

And she's oh, oh, oh, oh, I can't wait to give her the card 

I can't wait to give her the card, she's the best one 

Okay, so the play was called "The Unicorn" 

And she was the Unicorn so that means 

That the star was my babysitter 

But it's Saturday night I can't sleep and we're watching the news 

She says,"Do me a favor, don't go with a guy who would make you choose" 

And I don't understand and she tries to explain 

And all that mascara runs down in her pain 

'Cause she's leaving me, oh 

You're the best one that we've ever had 

You sit on your hair and you're tall as my dad 

And I'll make you a picture for college next year 

So hush, now, peace, man, the babysitter's here 

The best babysitter's here