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A B C D Don’t forget Mr. E And what would we do without you Mr. Hoo? Hi, we’re The Alphabeticians Which means we’re kinda magicians With the Alphabet and Icians Say you and Jay are on the swings Or hanging from the Oval rings You can take the alphabet and sing it backwards For ABC, we are your men From NME to LFN Anemone to Zebra Oh the things we’ll say When we play with the alphabet all day The Alphabeticians
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I Want a Bag 02:41
I want a bag to put my stuff in Then I would have everything that I want, that I need I want a bag Laundry, grocery, diaper bag, garbage bag Bag of toys, book bag, sleeping bag, it’s in the bag Hoooo ah hoooo I want a bag to put my stuff in Then I would have everything that I want, that I need I want a bag Hit the bag, punching bag, bag lady, big bag Bag of bagels, Bilbo Baggins, let the cat out of the bag Hoooo ah hoooo
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Down, down, down, down Always on the ground I live on my knees I see your shoes are checkered Vans That's cool Spicoli I learn to stand on my own too slowly I wanna be up with daddy now I wanna be up with daddy now I wanna be high like the buzz of the bees I just wanna see what everyone else sees Fe fi fo no! Don't send me to bed You're watching basketball and calling all your friends But I'm not sleepy I swear that I'm not sleepy I rub my eyes but I'm not sleepy I (yawn) sleepy I wanna be up with daddy now I wanna be up with daddy now I wanna be high like the buzz of the bees I just wanna see what everyone else sees My dad's so tall He sees it all When I'm up there The air is rare I fly From my nest This world's the best So please excuse me While I kiss the sky Down, down, down, down Still down on the ground Still down on my knees I see your shoes still checkered Vans Still cool Spicoli I learn to stand on my own still slowly I wanna be up with daddy now I wanna be up with daddy now I wanna be high like the buzz of the bees I just wanna see what everyone else sees
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y and Z Now backwards: Z Y X W V U T S R Q P O N M L K J I H G F E D C B A
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Metaphor 02:30
A metaphor’s a way to say the way a thing is seeming Instead of saying “smiling”, you can say that one is “beaming” And so make a comparison: that person is the sun We know they’re not, but we forgot how much they act like one When you describe the beauty of the world as something more You use a metaphor A metaphor can help us to explain just what we’re feeling It helps us share, enhances, without being too revealing And in so doing we can see the truth below the bottom We get to understand ourselves, thank metaphors we’ve got ‘em When you describe the beauty of the world as something more You use a metaphor It’s a tasty song, but you can’t eat it She’s an open book, but you can’t read it It’s a house of cards, but you don’t live there It’s a dog eat dog world and you’ve got milk bone underwear A simile’s a comparison that uses “as” or “like” A metaphor is similar, but goes straight for the mic It loudly and directly says a thing is something else A helpful lie it hopes will clarify the thing itself When you describe the beauty of the world as something more You use a metaphor It’s a tasty song, but you can’t eat it She’s an open book, but you can’t read it It’s a house of cards, but you don’t live there It’s a dog eat dog world and you’ve got milk bone underwear
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When I throw up My mouth is a muzzle of bees Sometimes it makes me sneeze Sometimes some throw up comes out of my nose But throw up could be other things I suppose When I throw up my hands it means I’m bored When I throw up my arms it means we scored We scored! No one is bored when I throw up When I throw up It makes me wanna cry I wonder ‘why oh why’ I want water I call my mom or my dad But throw up doesn’t always have to be so sad When I throw up my hands it means I’m bored When I throw up my arms it means we scored We scored! No one is bored when I throw up When I throw up to be a man
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They told me it was dishwasher safe, but is it? Said that it was dishwasher safe, how can it be? Is anybody dishwasher safe Really truly, in this world Dishwasher safe Really truly, in this world Dishwasher safe Dishwasher safe
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Monsters 02:49
Monsters follow you around everywhere They’ve got mean green eyes, they have garbage hair Monsters reach for you with creepy paws They’ve got stinky breath, they’ve got viscous jaws They will come for you The monsters will get you Monsters live under your bed at night With their evil plans and their creepy eyes In your closet, that’s the place they live They eat everything They do not forgive They will come for you The monsters will get you Here come the monsters!
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Now backwards Z Y X W V U T S R Q P O N M L K J I H G F E D C B A
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So Small 02:23
Once, I was so small You could breathe me in like a speck of dust And once, I was so small I could fit into your sock, I could sit inside your pocket And once, I was so small I could float in the palm of your hand Now I am big, even though I was once a kid You'll be big too, bigger than 4 foot 2 We all grow grow grow from our head down to our toes You're growing now I don't know how Makes my head spin now let's all sing wow Wow, wow, wow, woooooooow Once, you were so small I could drink you down like a grain of sand And once, you were so small You could swim in a single drop of rain And once, you were so small You could float in the palm of my hand Now you are big, even though you are still a kid You'll grow even more, bigger than 4 foot 4 We all grow grow grow from our feet up to our nose You're growing now I don't know how Makes my head spin now let's all sing wow Wow, wow, wow, woooooooow
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Eric saw Peter Buck's girlfriend And then he saw Peter Buck.
12.
Binary 02:05
There's only two number in binary Just like red and white wine at a winery An example is here, to make it all clear: A three looks like an 11 and 111 is seven There's no other numbers, 'cept for zeroes and ones Zeroes and ones, zeroes and ones If you don't understand binary Then you can't work at an oil refinery I'm only kidding that's just a joke But if you work there you better not smoke Computers use it to talk to each other Just don't use it to talk to your mother She won't understand, neither will I You don't need binary to make a pie But you can still make pi in binary We looked it up on the internet Some say it’s morally inappropriate It goes: 11.0010010000111111 etc. It goes on like that for really long We’ll have to tell you more about it in another song A three looks like an 11 and a two looks like a ten. There's no other numbers 'cept for zeroes and ones Zeroes and ones, zeroes and ones Zeroes and ones, zeroes and ones Zeroes and ones, zeroes and ones Zeroes and ones, zeroes and ones Zeroes and ones, zeroes and ones
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Fish I'm an Ichthyosaurus baby, I'm a fish in the sea. You're gonna have to swim a long long time before you ever catch a glimpse of me 'Cause I'm an Ichthyosaurus I'm an Ichthyosaurus I'm an Ichthyosaurus I'm an Ichthyosaurus I don't wear a hat in the laundromat 'Cause I'm an Ichthyosaurus. Teeth I'm an Ichthyosaurus baby, I've got great big teeth Most of them are up above, but some of them are underneath 'Cause I'm an Ichthyosaurus I'm an Ichthyosaurus I'm an Ichthyosaurus I - C - H - T - H - Y osaurus I don't wear a hat in the laundromat 'Cause I'm an Ichthyosaurus. Ichthyosaurus says this song is gonna end in 12 bars Ichthyosaurus says this song is gonna end in 8 bars Ichthyosaurus says this song is gonna end in 4 bars Ichthyosaurus says this song is gonna end right now
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Open your eyes it's the terrible terrible morning.
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Forgive forget for friends we are forever far away from feeling lonely anymore Sharing is hard, sharing is fine You got instruments, I got time It is good to understand: Art and life don't go as planned Now I'm gonna be in your band Now I'm gonna be in your band We could go to school there's a whole new playground Everyone make room in the sand, for our band Sometimes Paul says rude things Leo grabs, Simon swings We all fall, we all sing Stick together that's the thing Now I'm gonna be in your band Now I'm gonna be in your band We could go to school there's a whole new playground Everyone make room in the sand, for our band Forgive forget for friends we are forever far away from feeling lonely anymore
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ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
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There's a monkey on my shirt and he's playing guitar a monkey on my shirt he's playing guitar I've got a monkey on my shirt he's playing guitar There's a monkey on my shirt and he's playing guitar If you've never seen a monkey playing guitar Then you've never seen my shirt Let's all play the guitar, play the guitar Let's all play the guitar, play the guitar There's a robot on my shoe and he's beating the drums I've got a robot on my shoe and he's beating a drum a robot on my shoe he's beating the drums There's a robot on my shoe and he's beating the drums If you've never seen a robot playing the drums Well look down at my shoe Let's all beat on the drums, beat on the drum Let's all beat on the drums, beat on the drum There's a t-rex on my lunch box playing kazoo There's a t-rex on my lunch box he's playing kazoo I've got a t-rex on my lunch box playing kazoo There's a t-rex on my lunch box playing kazoo If you've been listening to this song then you should know what to do Let's all play the kazoo, play the kazoo Let's all play the kazoo, play the kazoo There's a monkey on my shirt and he's playing guitar There's a robot on my shoe and he's beating the drums T-rex on my lunch box playing kazoo Now looks we've go instruments we should make a band Yeah we've got our instruments let's make a band Let's all play in the band Let's all play in the band, play in the band Let's all play in the band, play in the band Let's all play in the band, play in the band Let's all play in the band, play in the band
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W X Y Z Here's goodbye from Mr. E Ooh Toodleoo to you too, Mr. Hoo Bye from The Alphabeticians And now you're Alphabeticians too And we know you like the alphabet Say you and Jay are on the swings Or hanging from the Oval rings You can take the alphabet and sing it backwards For ABC, we are your men From NME to LFN Anemone to Zebra Oh the things we’ll say When we play with the alphabet all day The Alphabeticians

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Rock is The Alphabeticians debut album. Recorded between March and November 2010 at Kid's Recording Studio in West Linn, Oregon.

It was named one of the Top 10 Debut Kids CDs of 2011 by Zooglobble, one of the top national Kid's Music websites. They also picked the song "Metaphor" as one of the top 25 songs for 2011.

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released December 24, 2010

Mr. E (Eric Levine): Vocals, guitars, keyboards, cricket, thighs, drum, kazoo, maraca, shaker
Mr. Hoo (Jeff Inlay): Vocals, guitars, keyboards, loops, thighs, tambourine

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The Alphabeticians Portland, Oregon

Self made millionaires seeking out vigilante justice from a cave? No. Huge, scary, reptilian beasts from an ancient time? No. Space travelers from the other side of the universe trapped here because their ship ran out of fuel? Maybe, but no. Then who, or more precisely, what are The Alphabeticians? They are 2 guys (Mr. Hoo & Mr. E) who love playing quirky, funny, upbeat songs for kids & families. ... more

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