Daddy, I Have a Request.....

My Little Princess likes to listen
to the Prince of Darkness

We were driving to the store one weekend and out of the back seat I heard “All aboard! Ha ha ha haaaa! Ay, Ay, Ay,” I looked at my wife in shear amazement. A few seconds later I heard “I’m going off the rails on this crazy train.” echoing out of my 3 year old daughter’s mouth. What the heck? I looked at my wife and asked “Is that what I think it is? She’s singing Ozzy? Where did she pick that up?” My wife explained to me that she had heard it on the radio one day and really liked it. Somehow both of my kids found the song humorous since they are told they are driving us crazy all the time. The following weekend we were once again driving around and I heard “Daddy, can you put on Crazy Train?” come from the back seat. I looked in the rear view mirror and said “Baby, I don’t have Crazy Train so it’s going to be hard to listen to it.” She responded “Turn on the radio, put it on there.” I continued to try to explain to her that I couldn’t just turn it on but she persisted. We were close to Best Buy so I ran in and picked up Ozzy Osbourne’s Greatest Hits. I popped the CD in the stereo and turned it up. “All aboard!” came barreling out of the speakers and my daughter started to rock out. My little head-banger in the back seat sang along with the chorus and was rocking back and forth until the song stopped. When it was over I heard “Daddy! Play it again! Play it again!” We listened to it a few more times and then my little crazy train ran out of steam. She conked out and we listened to some other music. I know someday that she will start listening to that teenie-bopper crap, but for now I’m going to enjoy her most likely short lived love of “Daddy’s music”. I am glad to see my daughter shares in my love of rock and roll…..for the time being. I’m ok with her listening to Ozzy but I hope she doesn’t try to bite the heads off of any bats or small rodents.