Schoolhouse Rock - A noun is a person place or thing
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[Intro]
Well every Cperson you can know,
And every Cplace that you can go,
And anyCthing that you can show,
You know they're Gnouns.
A noun's a Cspecial kind of word, C7
It's any Fname you ever Cheard,
I find it Cquite interesGting,
A noun's a Cperson, Fplace, or Cthing. G
[Verse 1]
Oh CI took a train, took a train to another Cstate.
The Cflora and the fauna that I saw were really Ggreat.
When I Csaw some bandits C7chasin' the train.
I was Fwishin' I was back Chome again. C
I took a train, took a Gtrain to another Cstate.
[Chorus]
Well, every Cperson you can know (Like a bandit or an engineer)
And every Cplace that you can go (Like a state or a home)
And anyCthing that you can show (Like animals and plants or a train)
You know they're Gnouns - you know they're Cnouns, Goh...
[Verse 2]
CMrs. Jones is a lady on Hudson CStreet.
She Csent her dog to bark at my brother and Gme.
We Cgave her dog a C7big fat bone,
And Fnow he barks at CMrs. Jones. C
She's a lady who Glives on Hudson CStreet.
[Chorus]
Well, every Cperson you can know (Mrs. Jones, a lady, or a brother)
And every Cplace that you can go (Like a street or a corner)
And anyCthing that you can show (Like a dog or a bone)
You know they're Gnouns - you know they're Cnouns, Goh...
[Verse 3]
CI took a ferry to the Statue of LiberCty.
My Cvery best friend was waitin' there for Gme. (He took an early ferry.)
We Cwent for a walk on the C7island you know,
And in the Fmiddle of summer it Cstarted to snow,
When CI took a ferry to the GStatue of LiberCty.
[Chorus]
Well every pCerson you can know (Like a friend or the captain of a ship)
And every Cplace that you can go (An island or a sea)
And anyCthing that you can show (Like a statue, a ferry, or snow)
You know they're Gnouns - you know they're Cnouns. G
[Verse 4]
Oh, C#I put a dime in the drugstore record maC#chine.
C#Oldies goldies started playing if you know what I G#mean.
I heard C#Chubby Checker, he was C#7doin' the twist
And the F#Beatles and the Monkees, it C#goes like this! C#
I put a dime in the G#drugstore record maC#chine.
[Chorus]
Well every pC#erson you can know (The Beatles and the Monkees, Chubby Checker)
And every C#place that you can go (Like a neighborhood or a store)
And anyC#thing that you can show (Like a dime or a record machine)
You know they're G#nouns.
[Outro]
A noun's a sC#pecial kind of word, C#7
It's any F#name you ever C#heard,
I find it C#quite interestG#ing,
A noun's a C#person, F#place, or C#thing.
A F#noun is a G#person, place or C#thing.