"Bottom To The Top" lyrics by Jess Coffman

There is something I've been wanting to say, 

But I haven't had the words until now.

You've been doing such a great job!

You really should take a bow.

I would die for macaroni and cheese, 

Swinging at the park I just need to do. 

But nothing compares to what I like best, 

Which is just when you're you, being you. 

Let me say it better...

I love you from the bottom to the top of my heart

(Doo Doot, Doo Doot, Doo Doot Doot Doo Doot) 

I love you when I open my eyes at the start of each day. 

And when I'm down in the dumps, (Boo-Hoo!)

And when I'm smiling bright, (Oh Yeah!) 

I'm counting on you to hold me tight,

Cause I love you from the bottom to the top of my heart. 

Here's a little dance I do.

I made it up now just for you.

It will make you smile one tap at a time. 

I might make a few mistakes, 

But that's what getting better takes. 

I will try my best and then feel sublime.

Now you sing and dance! 

(Tap Dance Break with spoken choreography over Chorus)

Heel Dig, Heel Dig.

Bounce up, down, up, down, up, down, up, down. 

Heel Dig, Heel Dig. 

Arms in fifth position, open to second.

Bend down to the floor.

Jump up with a big smile!

Point two fingers straight out,

Give yourself a hug.

And shout…

Always and Forever! 

I'll love you from the bottom to the top of my heart.

(Doo Doot, Doo Doot, Doo Doot Doot Doo Doot)

I'll love you when you're crazy and fallin’ apart someday. 

And when you’re feelin’ the grumps (Ah man!) 

And when your hair is a sight, (Aaaah!)

I'll love you more and with all of my might 

Cause I love you from the bottom to the top of my heart.

Doo, Doot Doo Doot Woo!

JESS COFFMAN

I am so excited to post the lyrics to "Bottom To The Top!" This song is obviously a children's song, and I love it so much because it is a love song from a child to a parent. Awwww! I wrote this song when I was teaching a lot of ballet/tap classes to children ages 2-6. When it came time to choose music for the recital, I was searching for songs that would be cute for a preschool tap dance. Preschoolers performing at recitals, are always the best because you get such diverse entertainment. Some kids are total "hams," some kids cry, some kids stand perfectly still horrified, and some kids just run around the stage and perform their own improvised choreography. But...if you have a song with choreography built into the music, it's much easier to perform and retain. Think...the Cha-Cha Slide or Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae). It's the same with people of all ages. However, when I came up empty handed for a cute, level appropriate and not musically annoying song, I decided to write one myself. "Bottom To The Top" became that song! 

At the time that I was gifted this song, I was hiking in Runyon Canyon! Shout out my L.A. peeps! And I remember stopping to look at this rather small heart that had been painted onto a rock. I think at that point the song just started flowing out of my heart and straight into a journal. I made a cute little recording of the song with singer/songwriter/session singer/recording engineer/sight singing coach/vocal coach...the infamous Gerald White. At the time I was working as the Dance Captain for a brand new show called Pazzazz The Musical. The brilliant, sweet and insanely talented songwriter Richard Sherman (responsible for the songs in Mary Poppins, Jungle Book, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, "It's a Small World.") was hired as the songwriter for Pazzazz! How did I get so lucky!

The show was about the beginnings of Broadway, and I remember that they were looking for specialty acts/weird talents at the audition. I don't have any especially weird or specialty talent, so I ended up singing and kazooing "Jeepers Creepers" while hula hooping. And ladies and gentleman...that did it. I ended up having a dream come true, that I didn't even know had been a dream. I got the chance to work with one of the most incredible songwriting artists of our time, the incomparable Richard Sherman.

So...Gerald and I recorded "Bottom to the Top," with a few other movement-based children's songs, and I gave the demo to THE most brilliant song writer for children of all time. A few days later at rehearsal, I asked him what he thought, and he told me to "keep writing." Not quite the feedback I was hoping for, but honestly the best advice. 

I hope you enjoyed my little story and the lyrics to "Bottom To The Top."

Grandma and I performing the "Cell Phone Aria."

Peace, hula hoops and hearts,

Your Jess