There's Something Going On at the Library | Reading Song by Monty Harper

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There's Something Going On at the Library - Lyrics
©2025 by Monty Harper

There's something going on at the library
It's a mystery, it's a mystery
There's something going on at the library
Go there if you dare and see - it’s a mystery

It was shocking and frightnin’ - his head full of lightnin'
with his kite and key - there stood Benjamin Franklin
Looking through his bifocal lens,
he said, "welcome to the library, friend."

I was hardly through blinkin’ - when standing there thinkin'
in his stovepipe hat I met Abraham Lincoln.
talking 'bout the war comin' on.
He said, "Something here is terribly wrong."

I checked with Wickipedia to confirm my wildest fears.
These two men had been dead and gone for more than 100 years.
So what were they doing here?

There's something going on at the library
It's a mystery, it's a mystery
There's something going on at the library
Go there if you dare and see - it’s a mystery

Now I swear I'm not braggin’ - I heard someone say tag and
when I turned myself around there stood a 40 foot dragon.
She said, "Welcome to my treasure trove.
Pick out anything you want to take home."

So I looked over the scene - many colorful things
My eye fell on the pegasus - a horse with two wings.
He said, "you can take me out for a ride,
but you'd better bring me back on time."

Someone's imagination thought these creatures up long ago
Yet here they stood in front of me as plain as my big toe.
Tell me how can it be so!

There's something going on at the library
It's a mystery, it's a mystery
There's something going on at the library
Go there if you dare and see - it’s a mystery

It was exciting - it was shocking - I saw animals talking
there were dinosaurs with pompadours and skeletons walking
I took a careful look all around
And every shelf hid something new to be found

I saw tornadoes and blizzards, witches and wizards
and deep in a volcano, guitar playing lizards
Gold medal olympic stars
and little lost men from mars

Now I know I saw everything I said, though I imagine you don't believe
You may say it’s all in my head, still it feels so real to me -
Don't ask me how it can be!

There's something going on at the library
It's a mystery, it's a mystery
There's something going on at the library
Go there if you dare and see - it’s a mystery


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