The Grammar Love Song

My dear friend, Chuck, wrote this song which relates loves to grammar principles of English. We preformed it in our English Language class for extra credit as well as for kicks and giggles. She's genius mastermind behind it, I just sang it :P

Music and Lyrics are copyright Charlie Nicholes 2008

Lyrics:


"The Grammar Love Song"

Intro verse:

I'm sitting in grammar class again
Can't help but think about you all the time
And just like syntax
I can't get you off my mind

When we're apart I feel like a split infinitive
But I'm not sure what to do
I want to imperatively
declare my feelings for you

Chorus:

I want to be the subject of your gerund
I could be happy as your synonym
I want to be the dependent clause to your complex sentence
Don't keep me living as an interrogative

Verse 1:

Around you I don't care if I'm a run-on sentence
Without the commas we're a little bit closer
I promise I won't be prescriptive
And your editing will always be assured

You're a noun and I'm a string of adjectival phrases
Of course I'm speaking metaphorically
Please be the antecedent of the "he" in my life
We'd be the best thing since the dictionary

Build:

What's our usage together?
What's our usage together?
What could be our usage together?

(Chorus)

Verse 2:

Your voice makes my h-e-a-r-t beat
Your smile is an exclamation point
Forget the passive; let's make this active
Just a conjunction could make our futures joint

(Build)

(Chorus)

Bridge:

Don't leave me hanging as a dangling modifier
You could fill the ellipsis in my life
And just like grammar, this confession's true
I would give up all my English just to spend one day with you!

Extended chorus:

I want to be the subject of your gerund
I could be happy as your synonym
I want to be the dependent clause to your complex sentence
Don't keep me living as an interrogative

I would be the complement to your direct object
Maybe we could form our own compound word
Love can be the linking verb that connects us like a type four sentence
If only you'd fall for a grammar nerd!

Category:

Music

Tags:

• grammar
• love
• english
• song
• guitar

[bigcraig29]

this is probably the hottest thing in the history of the world... found it looking up something funny to post about "your/you're" on facebook :)

[sadexcuse4amango]

@bigcraig29 Haha :) Well I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[dorjeep10]

This is beautifully done. I hope to get the Lyrics...how can I do that?

[sadexcuse4amango]

@dorjeep10 The lyrics are posted in the comment box :)

[furthuronable]

I signed up for YouTube just for this song! As a high school English teacher, would it be possible to get the words to this? I think it would be fun to give the kids a treasure hunt assignment to figure out what all the terms mean before I teach them.

[sadexcuse4amango]

@furthuronable Haha! I'm glad you like it!

I'll work on getting the words! I've been meaning to do it for a while, now. The funny part is I don't know what most of the metaphors are. But I still think they're hilarious. I'll send an e-mail off to the writer and try and get the words.

[sisyphusmustbe]

Two cute girls singing about grammar and one of them is named Chuck? Sign me up.

[CNHolmberg]

@CNHolmberg no*

[CNHolmberg]

@blackgoodbyes Ha ha! Unfortunately the singer is in Japan right now, so now recordings can be done in the near future. But thank you!

[blackgoodbyes]

@CNHolmberg Oh, and this is underllamas on my other account. So...yeah. ;P

[blackgoodbyes]

@CNHolmberg I'm actually quite serious! I'm quite the Grammar Nerd/Nazi. xD

[CNHolmberg]

@underllamas Ha ha, how sweet. XD /guitarist

[CNHolmberg]

@underllamas Ha ha, how sweet. XD /guitarist

[underllamas]

I would pay you money to put this on iTunes. And then I would pay you money to put it on my iPod.