Take A Rest

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Catnap shows up every night to help the Smiling Critters get to sleep, but he's been visiting earlier recently, and his breath doesn't smell like Lavender anymore...

I LOVE the Care Bears franchise as it was a huge part of my childhood, and the instant Poppy Playtime Chapter 3 revealed the main antagonists would be a Care Bears parody, I KNEW I had to write a song about these little goobers. A couple months work later, and here we are!

Many things inspired this number, with the original 80s Care Bears tunes being the biggest one. I watched FIVE HOURS of Care Bears over and over just to make sure I got it right. I hope you all enjoy this Trip (heheh) through Memory Lane!

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DOGDAY: RISE AND SHINE, CRITTER CREW!

Bubbaphant: Come on, 5 more minutes…

Hoppy: Aw, I was dreaming I hopped to the moon!

Picky Piggy: There’s no time for dreaming NOW! Breakfast is ready!

DOGDAY: What a Critter-iffic Day!

KICKIN CHICKEN: Let’s get kickin’, go out and play!

BUBBA: The sun is shining ‘cos the moon is gone!

PIGGY: And yummy strawberries are growing on the lawn!

HOPPY: I’m gonna hop into the sky!

CRAFTY: And I can paint you as you try!

BOBBY: I’ll cheer you on, I believe in you!

DOGDAY: This Day has got so much to do!

PIGGY: My strawberries still haven’t grown…

HOPPY: I don’t hop as high alone…

CRAFTY: I can’t paint anything if you just moan…

KICKIN: I tripped and fell, and my legs are sore…

BUBBA: I remembered that I’m bored…

BOBBY: There’s nothing here I can give my support…

CHORUS: WE CAN’T DEAL WITH THIS DAY ANYMORE!

Dogday: Guysss! This isn’t so bad, just-

Dogday: Catnap?!

CATNAP: Just take a rest, you’ve had such a long day, and you deserve it…

Dogday: It’s 6PM…

CATNAP: You’re not a mess, you’re simply tired from play, I’ll be your servant…

Hoppy: Yeah…

CATNAP: Just take a breath and you’ll begin to dream the dreams I craft for you…

CATNAP: Where everything may not be as it seems, but you won’t feel so blue…

Dogday: Huh? Why am I so sleeepeeeugh…

DOGDAY: Ugh...Rise and Shine, Critter Crew…

Bubbaphant: Hang on, let me write down my dream so I remember it…

Hoppy: I remember mine! I hopped to the moon! AGAIN!

Picky Piggy: And I was eating the tastiest Cake…

Dogday: But it’s a critter-iffic day!

Kickin: I’m still tired, go away…

Bubba: The Sun’s too bright, someone fix the sky…

Piggy: I miss that cake, I’m gonna cry!

Hoppy: Wonder if I could hop to Mars…

Crafty: Ride a comet and paint the Stars…

Bobby: I could care so hard that I shoot a beam!

Dogday: That’s impossible!

CHORUS: IT WASN’T IN OUR DREAMS!

PIGGY: I could eat Junk Food guilt-free!

HOPPY: I could hop to Mercury!

CRAFTY: My canvas was the whole darn galaxy!

DOGDAY: That’s great, but it’s not real…

KICKIN: I looked the coolest all the time!

BUBBA: I used my smarts to solve a crime!

BOBBY: I stared with care until the world was fine!

CHORUS: WE SHOULD LIVE LIKE THIS ALL OF THE TIME!

Dogday: But…the sun’s still out-

CHORUS: CATNAP!

CATNAP: Come take a rest, you’ve had such a long day, and you deserve it…

Dogday: It’s NOON!

CATNAP: You’re at your best when you’re dreaming away, I’ll be your servant…

CHORUS: YAY!

CATNAP: Just take a breath and you’ll begin to dream the dreams I craft for you…

CATNAP: Where everything is better than it seems, so you won’t feel so blue…

Dogday: Oh, you gotta be kidding meeeuuuugghhhh..

DOGDAY: Wha…YOU!

Dogday:

Now listen here, you stupid stray!

The Smiling Critters used to play!

‘Til you breathed all this gas in their airways!

Catnap:

I simply aim to do my part

Your days are full of broken hearts

But with my aid, an hour of joy can start…

DOGDAY & CATNAP: THINGS WON’T GET BETTER TIL YOU DEPART!

CATNAP: So take a rest, you’ve made a grave mistake, and you deserve it…

CHORUS: Take a rest…you deserve it…

Dogday: No…

CATNAP: You’ll be obsessed with fantasies I make, and be my servant…

CHORUS: Be obsessed…become his servant…

Dogday: NEVER!

CATNAP: Just take a breath and you’ll begin to dream the dreams I craft for you…

CHORUS: OOOOOOOOO….

CATNAP: Where everything is hopeless as it seems, until your face turns blue…

CHORUS: Everything is hopeless as it seems, until your face turns blue…

Dogday: *Cough Cough* No…YOUR POWERS ARE USELESS AGAINST ME!

CATNAP: WHAT?!

Dogday: YOU MIGHT RULE THE NIGHT, CATNAP…BUT EVERY DOG HAS ITS DAAAAAY!

CATNAP: NOOO! THE WEAPONIZED CONCEPT OF DAY! MY ONLY WEAKNESSSSSS!!!!

DOGDAY: Wake up, everyone! I saved you from the Evil Catnap’s Evil Cat Naps!

Kickin Chicken: Whoa…that was even cooler than me!

Bubbaphant: I’ll remember THIS forever!

Craftycorn: Let’s sing again, everybody!

CHORUS: What a critter-iffic day!

Let’s get kickin’, go out and play!

Dogday (sleepily) It’s such a critter-riffic day…

Let’s get kickin’, go out and play…

credits

from Take A Rest, released March 9, 2024
Written, Composed, Arranged, Performed & Edited by RecD
Additional Incidentals arranged by RecD
Dogday & Catnap played by RecD
Bubbaphant played by Cyan: twitter.com/SomeMusicalKid
Hoppy Hopscotch played by Hieifireshadow: twitter.com/hieifireshadow
PickyPiggy played by Grace Hartman: twitter.com/grace_URVA
Kickin Chicken played by BobcatXtreme: twitter.com/BobcatXtreme
CraftyCorn played by MLoreley: twitter.com/MLoreley85
Bobby Bearhug played by SassMasterMickey: twitter.com/WhatADiSASSter
Thumbnail by Mikey: www.youtube.com/c/MugiMikey

Produced by Avantika Mishra
Thanks to Fossil for writing assistance and UniqueGeese & Opossol for inspiration!
Poppy Playtime, Catnap, Smiling Critters & all Poppy Playtime Charaters are (C) MOB Entertainment

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