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Thread #156956 Message #3701842
Posted By: Bev and Jerry
14-Apr-15 - 02:34 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Daddy, What's a Brain?
Subject: ADD: Daddy, What's a Brain?
Here are the lyrics we have:
DADDY, WHAT'S A BRAIN?
Chorus:
Daddy, What's a brain? Is it something that is fried?
Is it something that the heads of grown up folks might have inside?
Is it bigger than a pea? Oh, how can I explain?
When my little boy asks me, "Daddy, what's a brain?"
1. When I was just a boy living by the track
Us kids'd gather up our books in a great big red book pack
Then we'd hear the warning bell as we went into the school
And the teacher she would smile and wave as she enforced the rules
spoken: She spoke so loud and clear
That we opened up our ears
And counted up as high as we could go
They hadn't thought of self-esteem
So I can almost hear her scream
With a sound my little boy will never know
2. I guess that times have changed and kids are different now
Some don't even seem to know that milk comes from a cow
My little boy can tell the names of all the stars of rap
I remember how we memorized the names we saw on maps
spoken: Washington and Tennessee
South Carolina and D.C.
Arkansas and Californi-ay
Knowledge of the past
And I know it's fading fast
Every time I hear my little boy say
3. We climbed into the car and drove down into town
Right up to the public school where knowledge should be found
We searched the place together for something I could show
But I knew there hadn't been a brain for a dozen years or so
spoken: The knowledge I compiled
When I was just a child
Warmed the cockles of my parents' heart
And it's plain enough to see
It meant a lot to me
Cause my ambition was to grow up and be smart
Bev and Jerry