Malvina Reynolds

Malvina Reynolds (née Milder) (August 23, 1900 – March 17, 1978) was an American folk/blues singer-songwriter and political activist.

Quotes

• Train whistle blowin',
  Makes a sleepy noise;
  Underneath their blankets
  Go all the girls and boys.
  Rockin', rollin', ridin',
  Out along the bay,
  All bound for Morningtown,
  Many miles away.
  • Song Morningtown Ride

• And there's doctors and lawyers,
  And business executives,
  And they're all made out of ticky tacky
  And they all look just the same.
  • Song Little Boxes

• Love is something if you give it away,
  Give it away, give it away.
  Love is something if you give it away,
  You end up having more.
  It's just like a magic penny,
  Hold it tight and you won't have any.
  Lend it, spend it, and you'll have so many
  They'll roll all over the floor.
  • Song Magic Penny

• If you are a piano,
  You will laugh on ev'ry string,
  And if you are a girl or boy,
  You'll sing.
  • Song There's Music In The Air

• They don't know my head's full of me
  And that I have my own special thing,
  And there's no hole in my head.
  Too bad.
  • Song No Hole In My Head

• Little man stood at the Mayor's door,
  No one had ever seen him before,
  Dressed in clothes of a gayer mood
  Than ever are seen in Hollywood.
  • Song The Pied Piper

• There was a little boat sailed down the river,
  Hull was a cup and sail was a feather,
  Cum peedle ump pump pay.
  • Song Little Boat

• I don't mind failing in this world,
  I'll stay down here with the raggedy crew,
  'Cause getting up there means stepping on you,
  so I don't mind failing in this world.

• Song I don't mind failing in this world (1966)