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Shel and I started this song at an Italian restaurant in North Beach that featured waiters singing operatic selections. The song was finished by the time we'd gotten back to his houseboat in Sausalito.  -- Fred Koller, May 26, 1999

GOODNIGHT, LITTLE HOUSEPLANT

Goodnight, little houseplant
Little house plant, good night.
Here's your glass of water.
Should I leave on the light?
Tomorrow in the morning
For breakfast we two
We'll have ham and eggs for me
And nitrogen for you.

Goodnight, little houseplant...
Tucked in your clay pot.
Be careful you don't catch
Huntington's Rot.
Remember, little houseplant
Stay away from those bees.
I've heard they may carry
A social disease.

Goodnight, little houseplant
Asleep on the sill.
I'll pull the shades
So you don't catch a chill.
Tomorrow we'll talk
Of the things that we did.
I love you, little house plant
Who needs women or kids.

by Fred Koller and Shel Silverstein.  Recorded by Shel Silverstein, "Shel Silverstein Songs and Stories", ©1978.  Also recorded by Fred Koller, "Night Of the Living Fred".

     Last updated 12/17/2002
  © 2000 - 2002 by Fred Koller.