Every Boy, Every Girl is an original song detailing the history of Munch's Make Believe Band. It was introduced in 1997 in honor of Chuck E. Cheese's 20th anniversary before being re-recorded for the 30th and 40th anniversaries.
Lyrics
1997 version
- Now life is like a scrapbook
- Memories on every page
- You look back with laughter
- And you never feel your age
- Now I've been thinking lately
- About 20 years ago
- And what brought us together
- For this very special show
- I left my home so long ago
- Waved goodbye to my folks
- Went to every club across New York
- With cheesy songs & jokes
- And then I did a show for kids
- And man did we have fun
- That was the day that changed my life
- My dream had just begun
- Every boy, every girl
- Every kid around the world
- Can have a place to laugh and sing and play
- Kids can do what they please
- When they come to Chuck E. Cheese
- They'll be rockin' here tomorrow
- Like they're rockin' here today
- 20 years can this be true
- I guess it has to be
- I sold pizza door to door, when Chuck E. came to me
- He said, "I need a master chef, who could sing a song"
- I sang out operatically, I want to come along
- Someone said "go west, young mouse,"
- And that's where we went
- Off to California, though we hardly had a set
- We found a place that was falling down
- It was quite a site to see
- It needed work, but we didn't care
- We knew what it could be
- Every boy, every girl
- Every kid around the world
- Can have a place to laugh and sing and play
- Kids can do what they please
- When they come to Chuck E. Cheese
- They'll be rockin' here tomorrow
- Like they're rockin' here today
- When the place was falling down
- I came running through the door
- My oh my, the pizza pie was I was looking for
- Now Chuck made me a talent scout
- As I travelled across the land
- To find 2 more musicians
- To fill his all-star band.
- I was just a country dog with a cabin in the woods
- Playing a guitar willowed out of the log and the job sure sounded good
- I was a singer with just my wings
- Barely out of the nest
- when I joined up with Chuck E. Cheese
- I knew I found the best
- The Stage was set, the lights came down
- And up the curtain flew
- That show went great 20 years ago, and all the rest have too
- And the kids who came to see us
- Now have children of their own
- It's like we're all a family
- And this is still your home
- Every boy, every girl
- Every kid around the world
- Can have a place to laugh and sing and play
- Kids can do what they please
- When they come to Chuck E. Cheese
- They'll be rockin' here tomorrow
- Like they're rockin' here today
- Now life is lie a scrapbook
- Memories on every page
- You look back with laughter
- And you'll never feel your age
- Now I've been thinking lately, about all the things we did
- And we'll still be here in 20 years 'cause kids will still be kids!
- Every boy every girl
- Every kid around the world
- Can have a place to laugh and sing and play
- Now the kids are having fun
- But we've only just begun,
- We'll be rocking here tomorrow like we're rocking here today. (3x)
2007 version
- This version has lyrics that are mostly unchanged with the exception of the references to the 20th anniversary being updated to focus on the 30th anniversary*
2017 version
- You know, here at Chuck E. Cheese's, we're all about fun
- Making memories everyday
- You'll look back with laughter, and you'll never feel your age
- I've been thinking lately, about all those years ago
- And what brought us all together, for this very special show
- As a younger mouse I always knew
- I was meant for something more
- I got on a bus, with nothing but my dream
- I was heading for New York
- I found a place, that served good pizza
- Ordered one with extra cheese
- Made by a funny man with a mustache
- His name was Pasqually
- Every boy, every girl
- Every kid around the world
- Can have a place to laugh and sing and play
- Kids can do what they please
- When they come to Chuck E. Cheese
- They'll be rockin' here tomorrow
- Like they're rockin' here today
- My restaurant, I was losing cash
- I was about to close my doors
- I knew my pizza was really great
- But my guests wanted something more
- Chuck E. offered to help me out
- A little mouse, what could he do?
- Then he started singing
- My dreams were about to come true
- Chuck became our main attraction
- I gave him a set of keys
- Then I put his name above the door
- Welcome to Chuck E. Cheese!
- We booked a gig in Nashville
- We set out on our way
- Our van broke down in front of a farm
- But made a new friend that day
- Every boy, every girl
- Every kid around the world
- Can have a place to laugh and sing and play
- Kids can do what they please
- When they come to Chuck E. Cheese
- They'll be rockin' here tomorrow
- Like they're rockin' here today
- I was playin’ my bass out on the porch
- When the mouse and Chef showed up
- They had a gig and a busted motor
- I told them, you’re in luck
- My uncle Jed’s a mechanic
- I’m Jasper, shake my paw
- I said, we could use a bass guitarist
- Why don’t you come along
- Our band was growing and things were good
- Still I felt we were incomplete
- I remembered this singing gamer chick
- That didn’t miss a beat
- Chuck asked me to join with him
- I didn’t know what to say
- The most fun mouse I’ve ever seen
- I sang out a big hooray!
- Back in New York with our new friends
- We took the stage to sing
- We all did great yet we all knew
- Still something was missing
- Then this purple monster, alien thing
- With a keyboard still eating his lunch
- Jumped on the stage and started playing too, and said
- Hi! I’m Mr. Munch!
- Every boy, every girl
- Every kid around the world
- Can have a place to laugh and sing and play
- Kids can do what they please
- When they come to Chuck E. Cheese
- They'll be rockin' here tomorrow
- Like they're rockin' here today
- We were having so much fun
- Making memories every day
- We even expanded to more locations
- The first in San Jose!
- Now I’ve been thinkin’ lately
- About all the things we did
- And we’ll still be here years from now
- Where a kid can be a kid
- Every boy, every girl
- Every kid around the world
- Can have a place to laugh and sing and play
- Kids can do what they please
- When they come to Chuck E. Cheese
- They'll be rockin' here tomorrow
- Like they're rockin' here today
- They’ll be rockin’ here tomorrow
- Like they’re rockin’ here today
- We’ll be rockin’ here tomorrow
- Like we’re rockin’ here today
Trivia
- Steve Waters, as well as additional Pizza Time Theatre characters can be seen in the 2017 version.
- The 2017 version opts for the lyric "years from now" instead of following the pattern of the previous recordings and stating an actual year.
Cast
- Duncan Brannan as Chuck E. (1997 & 2007) And Munch (1997)
- Bob West as Pasqually and Jasper (1997)
- Annagrey Labasse as Helen (1997 singing voice full role in 2007)
- Karlisa McKinney as Helen (1997 as speaking voice)
- Jeremy Blaido as Jasper (2007 & 2017)
- John Bowen as Munch (2007)
- Jaret Reddick as Chuck E. (2017)
- Chris Hill as Munch (2017)
- Caroline Richardson as Helen (2017)
Videos
Every Boy, Every Girl Chuck E. Cheese Kids Sing Along Songs
Every Boy Every Girl (2017 Version)
