Written in response to this song of Rose's...
When you recover your gum today, there's something I have to know
When you recover your gum today, I wish you would tell me so
For, thinking of that overnight stint
Collecting dust and picking up lint -
I wonder, does the chewing gum lose its flavour?
If mother tells you to spit it out, do you gulp it down instead?
If it falls off, do you chew it clean, and stick it back on the bed?
And if at night you put it away
And peel it off the very next day
I wonder, does the chewing gum lose its flavour?
Chewing gum's a wondrous thing
The things that you can do with it are a marvel to behold
Stretch it, stick it, watch it cling
And see the shapes in which it can be rolled
Use it to attach your stuff
It should be quite enough to keep your teeth in your head
And every night when you are tired of chewing
You simply take it out
And stick it once again upon your bed
When you recover your gum today, do so with the utmost haste
When you recover your gum today, make sure it still has taste
For every night on which you can boast
A wad of gum attached to the post
I wonder, does the chewing gum lose its flavour?