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Jabiru
03:50
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Wanna tell you ‘bout some feathers
with a funny name
The tallest flying bird down
South America Way
A Jabiru
Louis: A what?
I said it’s called a Jabiru
Louis: no way
It’s true!
Described by Heinrich Lichtenstein
Way back in the year 1-8-1-9
A Jabiru
You might say “What a name! I mean wait a sec!”
But in Tupi Guarani it means “Swollen Neck”
A Jabiru
It’s raised by its parents in a great, big nest
You could lie yourself down for a little rest
With A Jabiru
CHORUS
We go watching for birds when it’s sunny
And we love when they’re names are real funny
It makes the whole endeavor very chummy
Chummy indeed
Maybe you wanna come with us
Down to the Panama Isthmus
To see the silly-sobriquet fellas
One of the days
Now let me tell you all about another avian down south
With a funny appellation that you’ll want to shout
Bananaquit
Louis: A what?
I said “Bananaquit”
Louis: no way!
Dan: That’s it!
First described by the famous Linneaus
Way back in the year 1758us
Bananquit
There’s some disagreement about if it exists
As a single species or three close knit
Bananaquit
But assuming that it does it builds distinctive nests
With a side entrance hole
An architectural best
We go watching for birds when it’s sunny
And we love when they’re names are real funny
It makes the whole endeavor very chummy
Chummy indeed
Maybe you wanna come with us
Down to the Panama Isthmus
To see the silly-sobriquet fellas
One of the days
Now one last name that will make you laugh
The bird sounds like a dance, whatcha you think of that
The Chachalaca
Louis: The wha???
I said the chachalaca
Louis: That’s awesome
Dan: No duh!
But truth be told it’s an invasive pest
That can ravage a whole garden, leaving nothing left
The chachalaca
We go watching for birds when it’s sunny
And we love when they’re names are real funny
It makes the whole thing very chummy
Chummy indeed
Maybe you wanna come with us
Down to the Panama Isthmus
To see the silly-sobriquet fellas
One of the days
Jabajabajabajabaru
Jabajabajabajabaru
Banananananaquit
Banananananaquit
Chachachachachalaca
Chachachachachalaca
Bana-cha-jaba-jaba-cha
bana-cha-jaba-jaba-cha
Bana-cha-jaba-cha-cha-jaba-cha-cha-ru!
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2. |
Cheese Digest
02:35
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If you really like cheese (I do!)
Uhhh I gotta great story for you to chew on
Think about a cheese, yeah any kind
Soft hard mild stinky with an edible rind
Imagine biting off a chunk, tastes good, you swallow
Goes down smooth, have another dollop
You’re still feeling hollow but there’s more to follow
Keep eating that cheese if you’re short or tall (ohhhh!)
Mouth to saliva through the throat and esophagus
Cheese doing down, down, down [cut out rhythm] there’s no stopping us
If it’s something you ate
It has exactly one fate
Cheese or broccoli x3
It goes through your body
In your mouth, the cheese was yummy
But what’s it like when it gets to your tummy?
Swish swish slosh it’s pulverized
Minimized, tiny sized, stabilized
Standardized collectivized, homogenized, balkanized (not surprised)
In the stomach the cheese gets got
Acid breaks it down like a juggernaut
Now cheese is ready to be digested
Nutrients to CELLS like the CELLS REQUESTED
If it’s something you ate
It has exactly one fate
Cheese or broccoli x3
It goes through your body
If eating cheese makes you lachrymose
You might be intolerant to [beat] lactose
Through the duodenum and small intestine-y
Cheese is flowing like a yellow destiny
In the large intestine, water is squeezed out
Food gets hard, hard to pick the cheese out
When it gets to the end, what comes next, don’t blame us
[four on the floor] What comes next comes right out of your …
If it’s something something you ate
It has exactly one fate
Cheese or broccoli x3
What goes in has got to come out (hey!!!)
If it’s something something you ate
It has exactly one fate
Cheese or broccoli x3
What goes in, comes out, of me.
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Auntie Maggie was a turtle
Who really loved to dance
She felt stymied by her too tight girdle
So thought she’d take a chance
“Dancing’s great au naturel,”
she said, as she removed her shell
And started having naked doodah time
Auntie Maggie’s naked doodah time
Auntie Maggie’s naked doodah time
Dance and around and strike a pose,
you’re fancy free without your clothes
at Auntie Maggie’s naked doodah time
Auntie Maggie’s friends were shocked
Yes slack jawed and stunned
To see her body sway and rock
And roll and have such fun
Said a snake and bug and newt
“She’s splendid in her birthday suit”
And then they shed their skins and joined along
Yes they had Auntie Maggie’s naked doodah time
Auntie Maggie’s naked doodah time
Dance and around and strike a pose,
you’re fancy free without your clothes
at Auntie Maggie’s naked Doodah time
When she gets home from a day that’s tough
Auntie Maggie dances in the buff
Safe at home she lets it all hang out
All right kids let’s do some classic dances. Let’s see the Spinny Woo. Now the Vandergraf Stomp. And finally the Skipton two-step. Very good!
Yes they had Auntie Maggie’s naked doodah time
Auntie Maggie’s naked doodah time
Dance and around and strike a pose,
you’re fancy free without your clothes
at Auntie Maggie’s naked doodah
Grab the nearest barracuda
Auntie Maggie’s naked doodah time
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4. |
Anna McNewfriend
03:02
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Kid: the summer is over. I don’t want to go back to school!
Parent: Ah, but it’s a chance to see to all your old friends – and make a new friend!
Kid: Anna McNewFriend? Who’s that? She sounds awesome
A new kid to meet
Does she live on my street?
I wonder what she’s like
Does she have a cool bike?
Well, I’ll find out soon
When I meet her at school
It’s just around the bend
Gonna make a new friend!
Chorus
Anna, Anna
Anna McNewFriend
She might be on my bus
That would be a big plus
She might be in my class!
That would be such a gas!
We’ll play
on the black top
We’re never gonna stop
Till the school bell sounds
Time for one more round?
Chorus 2:
I’m gonna make a new friend
Anna McNewFriend
Bridge
She’ll come to my house at the end of the day
And we’ll eat a quick snack then we’ll play and play
And we’ll make my little brother do whatever we say
Before dinner
We’ll be BFFs for the rest of the year
We’ll have sun filled days, song and endless cheer
She’s a top-notch kid yeah one of a kind
So lucky I’m her friend and she is mine
So lucky I’m her friend and she is mine
Yeah won’t it be cool
To have a new kid at school?
I hope her first day’s swell
From the opening bell
It can be
tough to be new
I was once new too
When the school day ends
Gonna have a brand new friend!
Anna, Anna
Anna McNewFriend
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5. |
Our Moms
03:16
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Our moms carried us for years
Wiped away our tears when we cried
Our moms treat us like we’re small
Even though we’re tall (at least I am)
When we’re old, will we still hear them singing
All the silly rhymes and lullabyes we love?
They’re our songs for remembering
Our moms, our everything
Our moms hug us super tight
Check on us at night though we’re full grown
Our moms calm us when we’re mad
Scold us when we’re bad, it’s how we learn
Our moms, proud of what we’ve done
But lesson number was just: be kind
Our moms love us, then we leave
But all that we achieve, goes back to them
When we’re old, will we still hear them singing
All the silly rhymes and lullabyes we love?
They’re our songs for remembering
Our moms
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6. |
Let's Imagine
02:46
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Let’s imagine you and me
We are monkeys swinging from the trees
Or big fishes swimming in the seas
Let’s imagine together you and me
Imagine:
We are driving in a car
That will take us to Alpha Centauri
Oh the sky outside is very starry!
By the way we’re driving a Ferrari
Together you and me
Let’s imagine
Let’s imagine
Let’s imagine
You and me
Let’s go
Paddle to Vanuatu
We can take my Mom and Dad’s canoe
they’ll be so much stuff for us to do
Just Imagine together me and you
And then we’ll
Find a super trampoline
That will bounce us up to meet the Queen
She lives in a castle that I’ve seen
On the clouds, I dreamed it in a dream
Together you and me
Let’s imagine
Let’s imagine
Let’s imagine
You and Me
Let’s imagine
Let’s imagine
Let’s imagine
Me and you
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7. |
Snow Day
02:26
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It’s still and quiet
The snow is falling down
A whispered sigh
The snow is calling out
I hope and I pray
Tomorrow they’ll say
It’s a snow day
oh a
Snow day
That’s nature’s way to say
Forget your plans you fool
Everytime they cancel school
A kitten meets its end
I can’t stay home again for one more
Snow day
I play for hours
The house is cozy and bright
The tv says
The snow will fall all night
I hope and I pray
Tomorrow they’ll say
It’s a
Snow day
Those words are like a shiv
And sure – I love my kids!
But five days in a row
I’m stuck here all alone
With my kids
Due to snow days
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8. |
Big Sister
03:32
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Hey big sister when I grow up oh yes I want to be like you
Whatever you do, and whenever you do it, you know I’ll wanna do it too
It’s why I come to the top of the stair and ask you to do my makeup and hair
And put on a dress and make a big mess, I do it all the time
Oh big sister, doncha get mad can’t you see it’s flattery?
To follow you around, to run you to ground, i want to keep you close to me
When you’re on the phone and you think you’re alone talking to your latest guy
Well I’m there too, I’ll be bothering you, why i really do mean to pry
Big sister: I want to be like you!
Big sister: it’s why I do the things I do. Just to be like you
Oh big sister sometimes I think that you really like me too
Like on Saturday mornings, lying on the couch
Watching Shaggy and Scooby Doo
And in the afternoon when we’re back from school watching Y&R, that Victor’s a tool
And Jack is so handsome and Andy is cruel
Just look what he did to Sheila!
Back of the car, oh wherever we are, listening to our favorite songs
Rick Astley and Wham and later Pearl Jam you know I’m going to sing along
Yes we sing like fools, and we dance in our seats then Dad turns the dial to the CBC
We moan and we groan until we get home, it happens every time
Big sister: I want to be like you!
Big sister: it’s why I do the things I do. Just to be like you
Oh big sister, time’s gonna come where we go our separate ways
You’ll go to college, I’ll stay at home, we won’t talk for days and days
It’s why I sit at the top of the stair and watch you put on your makeup and hair
No matter what happens, yeah we make a great pair, I say it all the time
Big sister: I want to be like you!
Big sister: it’s why I do the things I do. Just to be like you
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9. |
Have a Banana
03:17
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When I was just a young boy
I had trouble falling asleep
I counted sheep after sheep after sheep
But I would rouse with every knock and every creak
So I went to my mother
Said, “Mama! What should I do”
She put me on her knee, she said, “Listen to me sonny,
I’ve got just the thing for you.”
“Have a banana!” X 2
“Bananas are so fine, they cure everything in time
Have a banana!”
When I was slightly older
I was feeling rather stressed
About a statewide assessment test
I so wanted to do my best
He slapped me on the back and said listen to me mac
I’ve got just the thing you need
When I was slightly older
I started sprouting hair
I looked as furry as a bear
I cried oh why is life so unfair
So I went to my father
Said, “Papa! Help me please”
He took a look real quick and said
“A razor does the trick, and I’ve got one more thing you need.”
“Have a banana!” X 2
“Bananas are so fine, they cure everything in time
Have a banana!”
“Have a banana!” X 2
“There’s no reason to complain when you’ve got a big plantain!
Have a banana!”
Now I am a grown man,
with children of my own
How I hear them cry and moan
Why won’t they leave me alone?
But I am here to help them, and help them’s what I do
When they come for some advice, they never need ask twice
I tell them something true.
“Have a banana!”
“Have a banana”
“Bananas are so fine, they cure everything in time
Have a banana!”
“Have another banana?”
“Have a banana!”
“There’s no reason to complain when you’ve got a big plantain!
There’s nothing else you needa if you’ve got a ripe Chiquita
They really are a steal, especially if you eat the peel
Have a banana!”
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10. |
Magikazoo
02:37
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Dan: You know sometimes we get nervous
up here on the stage
Louis: What if we forget the words
or the band plays out of place?
What if all you kids are really robots from outer space?
Dan: Actually that would be kind of cool.
Dan: But I know I’ll be fine on stage, no matter where I am
Louis: Cuz we’ve got something special, it pro-tects me and Dan
It gives us such a special buzz from our head down to our shoes
We’re talking ‘bout [beat, beat] our magic kazoos
Our magic kazoos
Makes us happy when we’re blue, cures cooties and the flu
Our magic kazoos
Keep your blankie, nook, or boo
No none of those will do
When we can too-tee-too:
on our magic kazoos
Dan: alright Louis. Are you ready?
Dan: Everyone has something
To helps them feel safe
Louis: A blanket, or a fuzzy bear or superhero cape
Dan: And I’ve got lucky underwear with spaghetti stains
Louis Gross.
But when underwear spaghetti won’t do
There’s just one thing for me and you
We’re talking about [beat, beat] our magic kazoos
Our magic kazoo
Makes us happy when we’re blue, cures cooties and the flu
Our magic kazoo
Keep your blankie, nook, or boo
No none of those will do
When we can too-tee-too: on our magic kazoo
Our magic kazoo
Our magic kazoo
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11. |
Waiting
02:27
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Hurry up, hurry up
Let’s go outside
I wanna ride
My brand new bike
Let’s go outside
Hurry up, hurry up
Please tie my shoes
You’re almost through
That’s one of two
No don’t redo it
Tie my shoes
I’m waiting oh so patiently, don’t know
Why we always have to go so slow
I’m waiting oh so patiently,
I’ll wait until you say ok let’s go
Hurry up, hurry up
I wanna eat
I’ll have some meat
Or something sweet
A yummy treat
Please move your feet
I wanna eat
Hurry up, hurry up
This long long line
Takes too much time
It isn’t fine
I’m gonna whine
I’m gonna cry
Well I could lie
Say I might die
Then maybe I
Could skip this line
I’m waiting oh so patiently, don’t know
Why we always have to go so slow
I’m waiting oh so patiently,
I’ll wait until you say ok let’s go
But you say no – you say let’s sit a spell
time passes fast, you say a pause is just as well
Let’s embrace the now, you say it goes away so fast
So we should make the moment last (I guess so)
I’m waiting oh so patiently, don’t know
Why we always have to go so slow
I’m waiting oh so patiently
I’ll wait until you say ok let’s go
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12. |
Website Song
01:11
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There’s a place you can go
To learn about our upcoming shows
You can buy a CD for a friend or an enemy
Just repeat after me
Louis Dan Invisible Band Dot Com!
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13. |
Can We Get Along?
04:27
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There’s no need to quarrel
Yeah children settle down
It don’t matter who had it first
We’ve all gotta give some ground
No more fighting for attention
No more shouting “give it back”
We’re all in this thing together
Let’s show it when we act
Can we get along my children
Can we get along tonight
Can we live in peace?
Have quiet time at least?
Join our gentle song
Can we get along
When time rolls round for dinner
Don’t complain ‘bout what we’ll eat
Let’s put it in perspective
What we’ve got is pretty sweet
Come on sing it yeah you get the conceit
Can we get along my children
Can we get along tonight
Here’s a shiny screen
So I can drink caffeine
Join our gentle song
Can we get along
Sometimes when my temper’s high
I yell and cry
Like a yeti,
it ain’t pretty
I know I can do better too
I’m telling you
My love is constant
Even when it seems I’ve fin’ly lost it
Can we get along my children
Can we get along tonight
End this doom and gloom
I’ll be in the bathroom (Ken: it’s the only room with a lock!)
Join our gentle song
Hand in hand we’re strong
Just admit you’re wrong
Can we get along
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Louis and Dan and The Invisible Band Northfield, Minnesota
Louis & Dan bring comedy and smarts to music for today’s families. Best friends, neighbors, and college professors (Louis teaches musicology at St. Olaf College, Dan teaches philosophy at Carleton College), they go together like Tacos and Tuesdays. Louis & Dan’s inimitable style of humor, seriousness, and musical sophistication delivers songs you’ll be humming all day. ... more
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