PERSEIDS
Lou and Peter Berryman

CHORUS: From Persi – ersi – ersi – ersi – ersius
They radi – adi – adi – adi – adiate,
Too many, many, many, many meteors
To esti – esti – esti – esti – estimate.

1. We'll count 'em – ount 'em – ount 'em – ount 'em – ount 'em all.
We'll clap and yell and wave and jump and run about,
Provided – ided – ided – ided – ided it's
Not cloudy – oudy – oudy – oudy – oudy out. CHORUS

2. We'll sneak a – neak a – neak a – neak a – neak a kiss.
It's so rom – orom – orom – antic out-of-doors,
I hope we, hope we, hope we, hope we, hope we don't
Forget to watch the meet – the meet – the meteors. CHORUS

3. Oh, how they – ow they – ow they – ow they gleam and glow!
How fast they – ast they – ast they – ast they – ast they are!
Who cares, who cares, who cares, who cares where they go
So long's they don't, they don't, they don't, they hit the car. CHORUS

To anno – anno – anno – anno – annotate,
To calcul – alcul – alcul – alcul – alculate,
To contem – ontem – ontem – ontem – ontemplate,
To correl – orrel – orrel – orrel – orrelate,
To dedic – edic – edic – edic – edicate,
To duplic – uplic – uplic – uplic – uplicate,
To illus – illus – illus – illus – illustrate,
To integ – integ – integ – integ – integrate,
To iso – iso – iso – iso – isolate,
To enumer – umer – umer – umer – umerate,
To simul – imul – imul – imul – imulate,
To valid – alid – alid – alid – alidate,
To celib – elib – elib – elib – elib – elib –
Elib – elib – elib – elib – elib – elib – elibrate.

From Lou & Peter Berryman's album "House Concert," recorded live, March 19, 2000.

To hear this song as part of an archived radio program, click here and then skip to 00:46:30 from the beginning of the segment. (RealPlayer does this very nicely.)