Barenaked Ladies (BNL)
Barenaked Ladies (BNL) - Crazy ABC's lyrics
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Hey Steve, hey Ed, that sounds nice, what is it? Thank you, it's a, it's an alphabet song I'm working on Oh great, a whole new alphabet, I just learned the old one A is for aisle, B is for bdellium, C is for czar And if you see him would you mind telling him? Okay, hang on a second, yeah aisle, bdellium? Yeah, aisle like a, like a theater, alright, okay and bdellium? Bdellium, it's a gum like tree resin, it starts with a silent B And then czar? Yeah, it's uh like a Russian czar You know everybody knows apple, ball and cat I wanted to get into some, you know some stranger words Right, I see what you're doing D is for djinn, E for Euphrates F is for fohn, but not like when I call the ladies I thought phone started with a P like a Ph No, it's F O H N, it's a, it's a kind of wind Yeah, I know what you mean by wind G for gnarly, I for irk, H is for hour J for jalapeA+os, good in either corn or flour Tortillas, let us rhyme K is for knick knack, L is for llama Pramma, llama, ding, what's so strange about llama? Llama, it starts with two L's, what's the second one for? No idea, I know loser N for neumonic, M is for mdomo, O is for ouiga board P for pneumonia, pterodactyl and psychosis, Q is for qat Okay, Q qat? What? Yeah, it's uh Q A T, it's an evergreen shrub It's a perfect scrabble word because it's a Q with no U There's not many of those, you have too much time on your hands R is for argyle , no it isn't Okay, you're right, I couldn't find a good R word S is for SzA?r, a lovely German river T for tsunami, a wave that makes me quiver U is for urn, but not like earning money V for vraisemblance from French and therefore kind of funny W for wren, wrinkly and who X is for Xian, an ancient Chinese city, true Ancient Chinese city, huh? My guitar player, some hotshot Y is for yiperite, a very nasty gas And zed's the final letter and by final I mean last Okay, when you say zed for the benefit of our American friends You really mean Z, right? No, I mean zed, like, like Zed Zed Top, Zed Zed Top? Yeah, you know the guys with the big long beards Well, except the guy whose name is Beard, he has a mustache I always thought that was interesting You done with the alphabet? No, extra letters I haven't heard of? I think so This was a great help, I think With the contribution you made to world literacy Well, I'm just saying, kids I'm just saying Think outside the box a little bit, box with an R Yeah, well, no box with a B A L K S like a pitcher Ah, as opposed to B A C H S Right, think outside the box, get into some Rochmaninov That's Rochmaninov with a W