Hawkins Hollow Kids Songs
When the Clockwork Story Wheel Changed Bridge Alcove
The part everyone joins: “Turn, listen, leave a little room.” The chorus shifts from a musical echo into usable directions.
Lyrics
Opening
Alice hears the wheel click before it reaches her view.
Lex sees its blue window from bridge alcove.
Austin watches beside blueberry trellis.
Emmitt waits beyond maple hollow.
The clockwork card says, “Turn toward the quiet side.”
Lex faces the pale quiet picture.
Austin rotates the soft-edged half.
Both choices open one useful window.
All: Turn, listen, leave a little room.
Tap, ring, brush—then quiet comes soon.
Turn, listen, leave a little room.
Every sound can show us where to move.
Lex taps one wooden block: tok.
Austin rings one metal disk: ting.
Alice brushes one cloth patch: shh.
Emmitt points where each sound should rest.
Echo:
Wood says near.
Metal says wide.
Cloth says wait at the quiet side.
The Irreversible Turn
The cloth shh is smallest.
Alice brushes it once more.
Its soft edge casts a tiny bird-shaped shadow
inside one open place by the wheel.
The opening rhythm stops there.
The cloth sound becomes the closing image.
No louder reprise follows.
Final Directions
All: Wood marks near.
Metal marks wide.
Cloth marks wait.
Leave the middle clear.
Lex places the wooden block at the near edge.
Austin places the metal disk at the wide edge.
Alice places the cloth patch at the waiting edge.
Emmitt opens both hands beside the clear middle.
Three small markers, one open nook—
room to join, watch, pause, or look.
About This Song
Age lane: S2 — Preschool Songs, ages 3–5
Theme: Nature and Conservation — recognizing effort that leaves no finished product.
Energy: Quiet noticing with curious sound play and a soft settling finish.
Estimated duration: About 1 minute 35 seconds.
Participation: Tap wood, ring metal, brush cloth, point left or right, echo short direction words, or watch.
Ways to Join In
- Use one wood tap, one metal ring, and one cloth brush.
- Children may turn their bodies, rotate an imaginary wheel, point, or watch.
- Sing the final directions more slowly than the opening chorus.
- The clear middle may support joining, watching, pausing, or simply staying open.