I'll Never Be Bored
Words and Music © 2020 Kayte Deioma, BMI
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Verse 1
I'll never be bored (I'll never be bored)
With a piece of paper (With a piece of paper)
There are so many ways (There are so many ways)
I can reshape her (I can reshape her)
I can fold her up (I can fold her up)
like a hat or a swan (like a hat or a swan)
or a boat or a plane (or a boat or a plane)
for my dreams to fly on. (for my dreams to fly on)

I'll never be bored with a piece of paper
There are so many ways I can reshape her
I can fold her up like a hat or a swan
Or a boat or a plane for my dreams to fly on.
I'll never be bored! Oh no, not me!

Verse 2
I'll never be bored (I'll never be bored)
With paper and pen (With paper and pen)
I can doodle or draw (I can doodle or draw)
Anywhere or when. (Anywhere or when)
I can write a story (I can write a story)
and tell a tale (and tell a tale)
of a purple dog (of a purple dog)
making friends with a whale. (making friends with a whale.)

I'll never be bored With paper and pen
I can doodle or draw anywhere or when.
I can write a story and tell a tale
of a purple dog making friends with a whale.
I'll never be bored! Oh no, not me!

Verse 3
I'll never be bored (I'll never be bored)
Riding in the car (Riding in the car)
Even if the trip (Even if the trip)
Is really far. (Is really far.)
I can look out the window (I can look out the window)
And play I Spy  (And play I Spy)
So many wonderful things (So many wonderful things)
With my little eye. (With my little eye.)

I'll never be bored Riding in the car
Even if the trip is really far.
I can look out the window and play I Spy
So many wonderful things with my little eye.
I'll never be bored! Oh no, not me!

Verse 4
I'll never be bored (I'll never be bored)
Out in the yard (Out in the yard)
I can do a cartwheel (I can do a cartwheel)
It's not too hard (It's not too hard)
I can practice a handstand (I can practice a handstand)
All day long (All day long)
Until my arms (Until my arms)
Are really strong (Are really strong)

I'll never be bored out in the yard
I can do a cartwheel. It's not too hard.
I can practice a handstand all day long
Until my arms are really strong.
I'll never be bored! Oh no, not me!

                Chorus
I'll never be bored, Oh no not me!
'Cause my imagination keeps me company.
I'll never be bored! Oh no, uh uh, not me!

Verse 5
I'll never be bored (I'll never be bored)
With a blade of grass (With a blade of grass)
I can hum right through it (I can hum right through it)
Slow or fast (Slow or fast)
It sounds just like (It sounds just like)
A little kazoo (A little kazoo)
If I can play it (If I can play it)
So can you (So can you)

I'll never be bored with a blade of grass
I can hum right through it slow or fast.
It sounds just like a little kazoo.
If I can play it,  so can you.

 

Verse 6
I'll never be bored (I'll never be bored)
With a pair of spoons (With a pair of spoons)
I'll just tap along (I'll just tap along)
To my favorite tune (to my favorite tune)
Even if the song (Even if the song)
Is in my mind (Is in my mind)
And it drives mom crazy (And it drives mom crazy)
All the time.

I'll never be bored with a pair of spoons
I'll just tap along to my favorite tune.
even if the song is in my mind
And it drives all the time.

Chorus
I'll never be bored, Oh no not me!
'Cause my imagination keeps me company.
I'll never be bored! Oh no, uh uh, not me!

Verse 7
I'll never be bored (I'll never be bored)
When I can sing. (When I can sing.)
I can make up a song (I can make up a song)
About anything. (About anything)
I can sing it high (I can sing it high)
Or sing it low, (Or sing it low,)
Or sing it in my head (Or sing it in my head)
wherever I go. (wherever I go.)

I'll never be bored when I can sing.
I can make up a song about anything.
I can sing it high or sing it low,
Or sing it in my head wherever I go.
I'll never be bored! Oh no, not me!

                Chorus
I'll never be bored, Oh no not me!
'Cause my imagination keeps me company.
I'll never be bored! Oh no, uh uh, not me!

Verse 8
I'll never be bored (I'll never be bored)
While waiting in line (While waiting in line)
with people to look at (with people to look at)
All the time. (All the time.)
I'll look at them (I'll look at them)
right in their eyes (right in their eyes)

And imagine they're superheroes (And imagine they're superheroes)
In disguise. (In disguise.)
I'll never be bored while waiting in line
With people to look at all the time.
I'll look at them right in their eyes
And imagine they're superheroes in disguise.
I'll never be bored! Oh no, not me!

Verse 9
I'll never be bored (I'll Never Be Bored)
At the library (At the library)
With so many books (with so many books)
To fascinate me (to fascinate me)

I can travel the world (I can travel the world)
Right from my chair (right from my chair)
With adventure stories (with adventure stories)
Everywhere (everywhere).

I'll never be bored at the library
With so many books to fascinate me
I can travel the world right from my chair
With adventure stories everywhere.
I'll never be bored! Oh no, not me!

Verse 10
I'll never be bored (I'll never be bored)
with my imagination. (with my imagination)
Or with my power (Or with my power)
of observation. (of observation)
I can ask "what if...?" (I can ask "what if...?")
Or "what could be...?" (Or "what could be...?")
Then imagine a different (Then imagine a different)
reality. (reality.)

I'll never be bored with my imagination.
Or with my power of observation.
I can ask "what if...?" or "what could be...?"
And imagine a different reality.
I'll never be bored! Oh no, not me!

Final Chorus
I'll never be bored, Oh no not me!
'Cause my imagination keeps me company.
I'll never be bored! Oh no, uh uh, no, no siree!
I'll never be bored! not me!

Notes:

You probably won't want to sing all the verses to I'll Never Be Bored in one session, unless you're really, really bored. It's designed to pick and choose the verses you want to sing, in any order. You can also throw in a chorus as often as you want, or leave it out. If a class becomes familiar with the song, you can have them choose which verse comes next as you go.

I encourage kids to change the words, either  by altering just a few words – like different things you can fold out of paper with different rhymes – or write entirely new verses.

If you come up with any interesting verses, feel free to send them to me and I'll add them to this page. Be sure to include how you would like the verse to be credited (name of individual or class).