Why We Like Spelling

Lyrics

[CONEYBEAR] The chaotic life Of a twelve-year-old Is too hard And you never know what's coming next But in spelling [SCHWARZY] Things have logic and line [CONEYBEAR] And in spelling [SCHWARZY] There's a greater design [OLIVE] Though in school we seem strange At the bee, we seem better [CONEYBEAR] As we count out each letter in our mind [SCHWARZY] And we find [OLIVE] We like spelling [CONEYBEAR, SCHWARZY, OLIVE] People love to hate us 'Cause we're too damn smart [MARCY] In our hearts we do not believe that we'll succeed [CONEYBEAR, SCHWARZY, OLIVE, MARCY] We're annoying [SCHWARZY] 'Cause we think on our feet [OLIVE] I'm enjoying My new need to compete [CONEYBEAR] We love nouns (spoken) That's our sport (sung) We love talcum on our towels [OLIVE] We love consonants and vowels And we feel Kinda real [CONEYBEAR, SCHWARZY, OLIVE, MARCY] We like spelling [BARFEE & MARCY] I like spelling too [BARFEE, MARCY, CHIP & CONEYBEAR] It's a way to not feel rotten [CHIP] All the slights are all forgotten [OLIVE] And you feel almost normal [SPELLERS] We are fearless spellers who love scary words We're the nerds with the dictionary on our knees [MARCY] Underrate us [BARFEE] With our chronic congestion [MARCY] Or debate us [BARFEE, spoken] That's a stupid suggestion! [SCHWARZY] 'Cause we'll pummel your butt When we prove who knows what [CONEYBEAR] Though we're frightened by the sound of the bell [The bell sounds and the SPELLERS scream.] [SPELLERS] We love words We love words We love words We love words We love words We love words We love spelling [CHIP] I loved spelling too That's before I choked on "Tittup" Losing that word brought so much shit up That I'll never recover! [SPELLERS] The chaotic life Of a twelve-year-old Is too hard And you never know what's coming next But in spelling Things have logic and line And in spelling There's a greater design [OLIVE] Though in school we seem strange At the bee we seem better [GIRL SPELLERS] As we count out each letter in our mind [SPELLERS] And we find We love spelling It makes us feel normal We like spelling