Tom Chapin - Great Big Words lyrics

When I was a little kid, a "diminutive juvenile," I liked my folks to read to me, I was an "eager bibliophile." Now I love words for how they sound And how they "communicate." Perhaps I should explain myself, that is, "elucidate." Great big words, I like big words Letter by letter, the bigger the better Great big words. La la la la la la la la la la! Now maybe you're "adept" at sports or "excellent" at school Maybe you're "vainglorious," Which means you think you're cool But give me a "ma**ive ideogram," A big word to make my point When you can "verbalize" yourself You can really rock the joint Great big words, I like big words I get a thrill out of every syllable Great big words My word of the week last week was "unique." People thought I was one of a kind When my word of the day was "distingue" People said I was very refined But they look at me like I'm an alien When I say things like "sesquipedalian." But what, me worry? I can't go wrong With a word that's a foot and one half long Big words are "prodigious terms" Now don't they sound delicious? They impress your teachers, confuse your parents And make your friends suspicious But that's okay we'll start a trend That soon will sweep the nation; The hyper-linguistic polysyllabic speech a**ociation Great big words, I like big words No extra charge if it's very large, those Great big words Great big words, I like big words Letter by letter the bigger the better Great big words. La la la la la la la la la la ! (Reiterate please!) La la la la la la la la la la ! (Diminuendo.) La la la la la la la la la la ! (Grand finale!) La la la la la la la la la la!