Pavement - The Tale Of Mr. Morton lyrics

[Hook] Mister Morton is the subject my sentence And what the predicate says, he does Mister Morton is the subject my sentence And what the predicate says, he does Mister Morton is the subject my sentence And what the predicate says, he does Mister Morton walks Mister Morton talks Mister Morton reads Mister Morton loves [Verse 1] Mister Morton walked down the street Mister Morton walked And Mister Morton talked to his favorite cat Mister Morton talked (What's up cat?) Mister Morton was lonely man Mister Morton was [Hook] Mister Morton is the subject my sentence And what the predicate says, he does [Verse 2] Mister Morton knew just one girl Mister Morton knew And Mister Morton grew flowers for Pearl Mister Morton grew And Mister Morton was very shy Mister Morton was [Hook] Mister Morton is the subject my sentence And what the predicate says, he does Mister Morton is the subject my sentence And what the predicate says, he does Mister Morton is the subject my sentence And what the predicate says, he does Mister Morton is the subject my sentence And what the predicate says, he does Mister Morton walks Mister Morton talks Mister Morton reads Mister Morton loves [Verse 3] The subject is a noun That's a person, place or thing It's who or what the sentence is about And the predicate is the verb That's the action word That gets the subject up and out Mister Morton wrote Pearl a poem (Say what?) Mister Morton wrote Pearl replied in the afternoon (How she replied?) She replied by note Mister Morton was very nervous Mister Morton was [Hook] Mister Morton is the subject my sentence And what the predicate says, he does [Verse 4] The cat stretched The sun beat down A neighbor had chased his kid And each sentence is completed but only when You know exactly what the subject did [Hook] Mister Morton is the subject my sentence And what the predicate says, he does Mister Morton is the subject my sentence And what the predicate says, he does Mister Morton is the subject my sentence And what the predicate says, he does Mister Morton walks Mister Morton talks Mister Morton reads Mister Morton loves Mister Morton is the subject my sentence What the predicate says, he does Mister Morton is the subject my sentence And what the predicate says, he does [Verse 5] Mister Morton knocked on her door Mister Morton knocked And Mister Morton sat on her porch Yeah, see he sat and rocked Mister Morton was a nervous man When she opened the door he ran Mister Morton climbed up the stairs Mister Morton climbed Mister Morton was lonely man Mister Morton was Until Pearl showed up with a single rose Who says women can't propose? [Hook] Mister Morton is the subject my sentence And what the predicate says, he does Mister Morton is the subject my sentence And what the predicate says, he does Mister Morton is the subject my sentence And what the predicate says, he does Mister Morton walks Mister Morton talks Mister Morton reads Mister Morton loves Mister Morton is the subject my sentence And what the predicate says, he does Mister Morton is the subject my sentence And what the predicate says, he does Mister Morton is the subject my sentence And what the predicate says, he does Mister Morton walks Mister Morton talks Mister Morton reads Mister Morton loves