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*** GRAMMAR ROCK *** (1973)

Verb: That's What's Happening

Music & Lyrics: Bob Dorough Sung by: Zachary Sanders Animation: Phil Kimmelman and Associates
Key to symbols within the lyrics

I get my thing in action                  >> Verb!
To be, to sing, to feel, to live...       >> Verb!  That's what's
                                          >>   happenin'!
I put my heart in action                  >> Verb!
To run, to go, to get, to give...         >> Verb!  You're what's
                                          >>   happenin'!
That's where I find satisfaction, yeah!   >> Yeah!
To search, to find, to have, to hold...   >> Verb!  To be bold!
When I use my imagination                 >> Verb!
I think, I plot, I plan, I dream...
Turning in towards creation               >> Verb!
I make, I write, I dance, I sing...
When I'm feelin' really active            >> Verb!
I run, I ride, I swim, I fly!
Other times when life is easy             >> Ohhh!
I rest, I sleep, I sit, I lie...          >> Verb!  That's what's
                                          >>   happening!

I can take a noun and bend it... Give me a noun! >> Bat, ball, rake, and plow Make it a verb and really send it! >> Show me how! Ohh, I don't know my own power! >> Verb! I get my thing in action... >> Verb! In being... >> Verb! In doing... >> Verb! In saying...

<A verb expresses action, being or state of being.> >> <A verb makes a statement.> <Yeah, a verb tells it like it is!> >> Verb! That's what's >> happenin'!

I can tell you when it's happenin'! >> Past, present, future >> tense! Tell you more about what's happenin'. >> Say it so it makes >> some sense! Oh! I can tell you *who* is happenin'. >> Verb you're so intense! Hey, every sentence has a subject. >> Noun: person, place or >> thing! Find that subject, where's the action? >> Verb can make the subject >> zing! Take the subject, what is it? >> What? What's done to it? >> What? What does it say? >> Verb! You're what's >> happenin'! I can question like, "What is it?" >> Verb! You're so >> demanding! I can order like, "Go get it!" >> Verb! You're so >> commanding! When I hit, I need an object! >> Verb, hit! Hit the ball! When I see, I see the object! >> Do you see that %"Berlin >> Wall"?%

<If you can see it, man, put the ball over the fence, man! Go 'head, on! Yeah, alright! What?! He hit it! It's goin'... it's goin'... it's gone! What?!>

I get my thing in action! >> Verb! That's what's >> happening! To work... >> Verb! To play... >> Verb! To live... >> Verb! To love!

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