Kristen Schrader

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Song composed & performed by Doctor Noize (doctornoize.com) with lyrics by Doctor Noize & the Mayor of Grammaropolis.

Lyrics:

VERSE 1

Nouns! Step right up and show me what you got for me this morning

I give common sounds to common nouns, I try to give em names unboring

Thats an ostrich -- next!

Thats a toy store -- next!

Thats a snorkel -- next!

Thats a -- Seriously? Mt. Rushmore?

Howd you even get that in here?

Thats a proper noun -- Next!

A common noun names a general person, place, thing, or idea.

A proper noun names an actual person, place, thing, or idea.

Common nouns

Make em sound

Common nouns

All around

A lady -- who?

A planet -- zoom!

Volcano -- boom!

Declaration -- Woo hoo!

And proper nouns

Make em sound

Proper nouns

Lets get down with

Lucy

Mars

Krakatoa

And the Declaration Of Independence

CHORUS 1

Noun Town

Whats that sound?

A person, place or thing is found in

Noun Town

So profound

Name ideas, mess around with

Who is that guy?

What is that thing?

What is that place?

Ill name and you sing

Cause Im a noun noun noun noun

Noun noun noun noun

Noun

VERSE 2

Announcer: Now serving concrete and abstract nouns...

I suppose you want me to explain what those are.

Listen up, Im only sayin this once

A concrete noun is somethin I believe I oughtta mention

A concrete noun is somethin you perceive with your five senses

You can see -- the beach!

You can hear -- the drums!

You can taste -- a peach!

You can smell -- rotten eggs!

Yuck! -- better not eat those now

Or you can touch a concrete noun

An abstract nouns a complicated nounified idea

You simply cannot hear or taste or smell or touch or see an

Abstract noun

Whats that sound?

Well it aint an abstract noun

Examples please

Yes sirree

An abstract noun could always be:

Love, honor, loyalty, friendship, hatred

Thats not very nice

Well, abstract nouns can add some spice

Now well sing the Chorus twice

CHORUS 2

Noun Town

Whats that sound?

A person, place or thing is found in

Noun Town

So profound

Name ideas, mess around with

Who is that guy?

What is that thing?

What is that place?

Ill name and you sing

Cause Im a noun noun noun noun

Noun noun noun noun

Noun noun noun noun

Noun noun noun noun

VERSE 3

ANNOUNCER:

Are you a lonely Noun? Looking to mix it up with other Nouns?

Then youll LOVE becoming a Compound Noun!

Dial this number now...

Compound nouns are fun to make in clear or stormy weather

You take more than one noun and you simply smash em all together

Like a knucklehead -- Check!

Or a shortcake -- Yeah!

Or an eggplant -- Yek!

Or a bellyache -- Waa!

Or a bellyflop, windshield

Football, ironman

Jack-o-lantern, horseshoe

Grasshopper, suntan

Collective nouns are groups of things Ill help you understand

A family or assembly or Doctor Noizes Band

A flock of seagulls with a gaggle of geese

A team of players or a squad of police

A pod of whales beside a school of sharks

I saw a pride of lions chase an armory of aardvarks

Aardvarks?

Aardvarks

Seriously, I did

I saw em in the dark

On a lark in the park

Collective nouns

Theyre all around

And compound nouns

Now lets get down in...

CHORUS 3:

Noun Town

Whats that sound?

A person, place or thing is found in

Noun Town

So profound

Name ideas, mess around with

Who is that guy?

What is that thing?

What is that place?

Ill name and you sing

Cause Im a noun noun noun noun

Noun noun noun noun

Noun noun noun noun

Noun noun, lets get down with

Nouns

℗ & © 2012 by Grammaropolis Music

Music by Doctor Noize

Lyrics by Doctor Noize and the Mayor of Grammaropolis

Animation by Powerhouse Animation

Based on characters created by the Mayor of Grammaropolis