Crazy ABC's - Barenaked Ladies

Hey Steve

Hey Ed.

That sounds nice, what is it?

Thank you, it’s a, it’s an alphabet song I’m working on

Oh great, a whole new alphabet, I just learned the old one

«A» is for aisle, «B» is for bdellium, «C» is for czar

And if you see him would you mind telling him?

Okay, hang on a second, yeah aisle, bdellium?

Yeah, aisle like a, like a theater

Alright, okay and bdellium?

Bdellium, it’s a gum like tree resin, it starts with a silent B

And then czar?

Yeah, it’s uh like a Russian czar

You know everybody knows apple, ball and cat

I wanted to get into some, you know some stranger words

Right, I see what you’re doing

«D» is for djinn, «E» for Euphrates

«F» is for fohn, but not like when I call the ladies

I thought phone started with a «P» like a «Ph»

No, it’s F-O-H-N, it’s a, it’s a kind of wind

Yeah, I know what you mean by wind

«G» for gnarly, «I» for irk, «H» is for hour

«J» for jalapeño, good in either corn or flour

…tortillas

Nice rhyme

«K» is for knick knack, «L» is for llama

Pramma, llama, ding, what’s so strange about llama?

Llama, it starts with two «L"'s

What’s the second one for?

No idea

I know.

Loser

«M» for mnemonic, «N» is for ndomo, «O» is for Ouija board

«P» for pneumonia, pterodactyl and psychosis, «Q» is for qat

Okay, «Q» … qat?

What?

Yeah, it’s uh Q-A-T, it’s an evergreen shrub

It’s a perfect scrabble word because it’s a «Q» with no «U»

There’s not many of those

You have too much time on your hands

«R» is for argyle

No it isn’t

Okay, you’re right, I couldn’t find a good «R» word

«S» is for Saar, a lovely German river

«T» for tsunami, a wave that makes me quiver

«U» is for urn, but not like earning money

«V» for vraisemblance from French and therefore kind of funny

«W» for wren, wrinkly and who

«X» is for Xian, an ancient Chinese city, true

Ancient Chinese city, huh?

My guitar player, some hotshot

«Y» is for yiperite, a very nasty gas

And Zed’s the final letter and by final I mean last

Okay, when you say Zed for the benefit of our American friends

You really mean «Zee», right?

No, I mean Zed, like, like Zed Zed Top

Zed Zed Top?

Yeah, you know the guys with the big long beards

Well, except the guy, uh, whose name is Beard, he has a mustache

I always thought that was interesting

You done with the alphabet?

No, extra letters I haven’t heard of?

I think so

This was a great help, I think

With the contribution you made to world literacy

Well, I’m just saying, kids I’m just saying

Think outside the box a little bit

Yeah, that’s box with an «R»

Yeah, well, no balks with a B-A-L-K-S like a pitcher

Ah, as opposed to B-A-C-H-S

Right, think outside the Bachs, get into some Rochmaninov

That’s Rochmaninov with a «W»