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Nothing To Do
Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen Lyrics
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We played ten games of pick-up sticks,
Counts cars on Route 66,
But there's nothing much to do.
We played four games of checkers,
Three games of chess, two of Monopoly, more or less.
We tried to be neat. We made quite a mess.
Now there's nothing much to do!
[Chorus]
Nothing to do. Nothing to do. Nothing to do.
Nothing to do. Nothing to do. Nothing really,
Nothing to do.
We played in house the house, played school in the grass.
I played teacher, I barely passed.
Listened to some music. That was pretty cool,
But there's nothing much to do!
We ate two fat bananas, a thin piece of cheese.
An apple to crunch. An orange to squeeze.
Got a milk mustache, which you wiped on your sleeve.
Talk about nothing much to do.
[Chorus]
We've already done bout a hundred and twenty-one
Of our favorite fun things to do.
But we won't be satisfied, remotely satisfied,
Til we find number one twenty-two.
[Chorus]
The song Nothing To Do by Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen is all about boredom and finding ways to entertain oneself when there seems to be absolutely nothing to do. The song is an ode to the creative ways in which the twins spend their days trying to avoid the dreaded boredom blues. The lyrics begin by listing out various activities like making pancakes, playing pick-up sticks, and counting cars on Route 66. However, none of these activities can seem to quench the twins’ thirst for excitement, and they still feel like there’s nothing much to do.
After this list of activities, the lyrics switch to another set of activities that the twins try out. They play various games like checkers, chess, and Monopoly, but nothing seems to hold their interest for long. They make a mess in the process of trying to be neat, but still find that there’s nothing much to do. The chorus repeats multiple times, emphasizing the dreariness of boredom and the inability to find any activity that excites them.
The twins then play house and school, but the singer notes that the house is played inside while school is played outside in the grass. They listen to music and eat various snacks like bananas, cheese, and apples. However, even these attempts at doing something seem to fall short, and they complain about having nothing much to do. The song ends on a hopeful note, with the twins promising to find a hundred and twenty-two fun things to do before they’re truly satisfied.
Line by Line Meaning
We made sixty pancakes, and ate about six.
We cooked a lot of pancakes and only ate a few.
We played ten games of pick-up sticks,
We played with pick-up sticks ten times.
Counts cars on Route 66,
We counted cars on Route 66.
But there's nothing much to do.
We're bored because there's nothing much to do.
We played four games of checkers,
We played checkers four times.
Three games of chess, two of Monopoly, more or less.
We played some games of chess and Monopoly, roughly two each.
We tried to be neat. We made quite a mess.
We tried to keep things clean, but we made a big mess.
Now there's nothing much to do!
Now there's still nothing to do and we're still bored.
Nothing to do. Nothing to do. Nothing to do.
We're so bored that we're repeating that there's nothing to do.
Nothing to do. Nothing to do. Nothing really,
There really is nothing to do, and we're repeating it again.
Nothing to do.
We're bored and don't have anything to do.
We played in house the house, played school in the grass.
We played house and school outside.
I played teacher, I barely passed.
I pretended to be a teacher, but I didn't do very well.
Listened to some music. That was pretty cool,
We listened to some music, which was nice.
But there's nothing much to do!
But there's still nothing much to do and we're still bored.
We ate two fat bananas, a thin piece of cheese.
We ate some fruit and cheese.
An apple to crunch. An orange to squeeze.
We also had an apple and orange.
Got a milk mustache, which you wiped on your sleeve.
We got milk on our faces and had to wipe it off with our sleeves.
Talk about nothing much to do.
We're still talking about how bored we are.
We've already done bout a hundred and twenty-one
We've already done about 121 things.
Of our favorite fun things to do.
Things that we usually find fun to do.
But we won't be satisfied, remotely satisfied,
But we still won't be happy or satisfied.
Til we find number one twenty-two.
Until we find one more thing to do, number 122.
Nothing to do. Nothing to do. Nothing to do.
We're still bored and repeating that there's nothing to do.
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