UNI Means One

Did you know that every snowflake is one of a kind?
Every single snowflake is unique
If you check your Latin dictionary I’m sure you’ll find
That U-N-I spells “one” in the language that the Romans used to speak

Have you heard a group of people singing one melody?
Listen to us sing in unison
Have you heard a politician calling for unity?
She’s asking us to stop our arguments and all join together as one

Think of all the stars and planets together as one
That one thing is called the universe
If you check your Latin dictionary I’m sure you’ll find
That U-N-I spells “one” in the language that the Romans used first

by Tom Meltzer ©The Princeton Review

Feel Like a Frenchman Blues

Woke up this morning
Felt as sad I can be
I was tired and bored and dissatisfied
You could say I was feeling ennui

Sometimes I want to say farewell
Give everybody my adieus
Lord I've never been so lowdown
I've got the 'feel like a Frenchman' blues

Whenever a party starts, I just want to leave
I don't enjoy my life any more, I've lost my joie de vivre

You know I just don't care what people do or say
I feel like I've seen it all before, it makes me so blasé

I've got a vague lowdown feeling that's got me in a haze
You might call it the blues, but me, I call it malaise

I can't find my comfort zone
I'm a man without milieus
Lord I've never been so lowdown
I've got the 'feel like a Frenchman' blues

by Tom Meltzer ©The Princeton Review

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LOC Means Talk

LOC means talk
LOC means talk
LOC and LOQ
Mean that talking's what I do

My name is DJ LOC
I am bold, I am audacious
I talk a lot, I am loquacious
I choose my words well so you know what is meant
I am eloquent, no word is misspent
I don't contribute to the noise pollution
My speech is clean and clear, I've got good elocution
And when I'm speaking, there's nobody else speaking but me
Every speech I give is a soliloquy
So don't criticize me, I don't need your obloquy
LOC means talk, you see, so that's what you call me, because

LOC means talk
LOC means talk
LOC or LOQ
Mean that talking's what I do

by Tom Meltzer ©The Princeton Review

Common Mistakes

Common mistakes
That everybody makes
The kind that make grammarians say
"Give me a break!"

(Misusing nonplussed)
When you say you are nonplussed
You're saying that you are confused
You are not saying you are calm
Although that's how the word's misused

(Confusing antidote and anecdote)
If you're bitten by a snake
An antidote is what you take
An anecdote's the tale you tell
Later, after you get well

(Ir-re-gard-less)
I don't care what you have heard
Irregardless is not a word
Lose the I-R at the start
And say regardless, you'll sound smart!

(Misspelling alter)
Altar spelled with an a
Describes a place where you can pray
While alter with an e means 'change'
The English language sure is strange!

Common mistakes
That everybody makes
The kind that make grammarians say
"Give me a break!"

by Tom Meltzer ©The Princeton Review

Animal Words

Animal words, animal words (love those animal words!)

An elephant is the biggest land mammal the world has ever seen
That's why we call a thing that's really big elephantine

A lion is the king of the jungle, a hero in all eyes
When we treat a person like a king, that's a person we lionize

A pig is fat and greedy, food he never will decline
If you know someone who's piggish you can call him porcine

A serpent, it can twist and turn and tangle like a vine
A road or line that does the same is described as serpentine

A sheep is meek and bashful, like some people that I know
I call those people sheepish, my description's apropos

Animal words, animal words (love those animal words!)

by Tom Meltzer ©The Princeton Review

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Smart

If you want to say you're smart
And you want to sound the part
Here is a lesson that you ought to take to heart

If you can solve tricky problems, if you love to troubleshoot
That's an indication that you're quite astute

If you're ahead of your class you're precocious and you're so smart
You might even be a prodigy like Wolfgang Mozart

If you know a million facts that you love to recite
There's no doubt about it, you are erudite

But if you love to show off that your knowledge is gigantic
Don't be surprised if people say that you are pedantic

If you want to say you're smart
And you want to sound the part
Here is a lesson that you ought to take to heart

by Tom Meltzer ©The Princeton Review

The Hairy Song

Say you have a friend who looks like a bear
Because his body is covered in hair
You can tell that person that he is hirsute
That is a statement he cannot dispute

Perhaps your friend doesn’t mind being nappy
Maybe having body hair makes him quite happy
That’s fine, live and let live’s my credo
So long as I don’t have to look at him in a Speedo

But if your friend doesn’t like his situation
You ought to recommend depilation
Something like a Brazilian waxing
You ought to warn him it’s a little bit taxing

When it’s all over and your friend is streamlined
As smooth and hairless as a cheese rind
He will be rid of his source of irritation
And you’ll have helped solve a hairy situation

by Tom Meltzer ©The Princeton Review

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Poverty

It's true I live in poverty
But I don't like to be called poor
So I've learned a few new words
That mean the same as 'poor'
But to me have more allure

Because I do not even have two cents
I say 'I live in a state of indigence'
I do not have enough to pay my bills
I am insolvent, mine are empty tills

I save the best I can, I am quite frugal
I don't even put raisins in my kugel
My savings are too puny to discuss
That's why I say I'm impecunious

It's true I live in poverty
But I don't like to be called poor
So I've learned a few new words
That mean the same as 'poor'
But to me have more allure

by Tom Meltzer ©The Princeton Review

Mother

Let's spell Mother!
Let's spell Mother!
Let's spell Mother!

M is for maternal
A fancy word for "motherly"
O's for optimistic
How positive can mother be!

T is for tenacious
She never quits at all
H is for heedful
She's alert and on the ball

E is for effusive
She's generous with praise
And R is for resourceful
She solves problems many ways

If, when you think of your mom,
This song does not ring true
At the very least, remember
Without her there'd be no you

by Tom Meltzer ©The Princeton Review

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Tax Words

If you have a job you're paid for
What you earn is called income
On the 15th day of April
You must give the government some

The government collects the taxes
To pay for things it must tend to
Roads and police, schools and parks
Are paid for with tax revenue

If you have got a dependant
Like a daughter or a son
You can subtract from your taxes
That is called a deduction

But you must pay all your taxes
Every last cent without fail
Paying less is called evasion
Do it and you'll go to jail

by Tom Meltzer ©The Princeton Review

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Quagmire

If you had a car with four flat tires
You'd be stuck where you are, you'd be in a quagmire

If you've got a load that you lack the back to pull
You cannot move that load, that load is intractable

If you have no detergent but you need to do laundry
You need to do what can't be done, you're in a quandary

Try to feed a family on just one noodle
It cannot be done, the situation is futile

If you have a farm and can't even make grass grow
Your farm is a failure, you could call it a fiasco

When your problems come faster and faster and faster
You might wind up with a debacle, a complete disaster

These are words used by critics of the war in Iraq
Agree or disagree, now you'll understand their smack

by Tom Meltzer ©The Princeton Review

New Year's Resolution

If you have a bad habit you want to quit here's a solution
Now's the time to make yourself a New Year's resolution
Or if you'd prefer, you can call it an asseveration
Either way you're promising bad-habit eradication

If you eat so much it's making your pants buttons bust
Resolve to be abstemious rather than gluttonous

If you are so greedy that it's making you vicious
Resolve to be magnanimous instead of avaricious

If you are lazy, as though work you are all-ar-gic
Resolve to be industrious rather than be lethargic

If you love yourself so much that it's your main characteristic
Resolve to modest be instead of narcissistic

If you have a bad habit you want to quit here's a solution
Now's the time to make yourself a New Year's resolution
Or if you'd prefer, you can call it an asseveration
Either way you're promising bad-habit eradication

by Tom Meltzer ©The Princeton Review

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The Happy Song

Once I was sad
My life had never been so grim
But now I'm so happy
Or to use some synonyms

I am exultant,euphoric, blissful and elated
Exuberant, jubilant, and exhilarated
If I were any happier I'd have to be sedated
I'm exultant, exuberant, blissful, euphoric, jubilant, elated…and exhilarated!

I am exultant,euphoric, blissful and elated
Exuberant, jubilant, and exhilarated
If I were any happier I'd have to be sedated
I'm exultant, exuberant, blissful, euphoric, jubilant, elated…and exhilarated!

by Tom Meltzer ©The Princeton Review

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Bene

Benny is a good boy
He has a favorite game
Benny likes to use words
That start with his name
Now Benny is unusual, he spells his name differently
Benny likes to spell his name B E N E

Bene's never mean or cruel
He knows that anger makes no sense
He'd rather wish the whole world well
That boy's full of benevolence

Benny likes to help out others
He's what you'd call a good actor
He's the kind of person whom
You might well call a benefactor

Benny helps out charities
All his work is voluntary
All the people that he helps
Are his beneficiaries

Benny's a religious fellow
Follows his faith with conviction
He says many blessings though
He'd rather call them benedictions

Benny is a good boy
He has a favorite game
Benny likes to use words
That start with his name
Now Benny is unusual, he spells his name differently
Benny likes to spell his name B E N E

by Tom Meltzer ©The Princeton Review

The French Word for Sleep is Dormir

The French word for sleep is dormir
When you hear the root dorm you know that sleepy time is near

College students sleep in a dormitory
Some sleep in the classroom, but that’s a different story

A dormant volcano is one that’s at rest
That’s the type of volcano that most people like the best

A dormer is a window built into an angled frame
It’s most often found in bedrooms, that’s how it got its name

A dormouse is a rodent that sleeps through the day
It hibernates in winter, it just sleeps its life away

A sleeping pill’s a medicine with dormitive power
You can say it’s soporific, it’ll make you sleep for hours

The French word for sleep is dormir
When you hear the root dorm you know that sleepy time is near

by Tom Meltzer ©The Princeton Review

Street Cred

I’ve got street cred because I mean what I say
The folks on my street believe the words I convey
I’ve got street cred ‘cause I do not deceive
Cred comes from Latin, it means “believe”

I don’t have to pay cash, that’s right, I said it!
The stores trust me so I can buy on credit
They know that I would never tell a lie
That’s why I’m known as a credible guy

No, there never is a reason to mislead
That is what I believe, that is my creed
I don’t ever put up a pretense
That’s why I’ve got maximum credence

I’ve got street cred because I mean what I say
The folks on my street believe the words I convey
I’ve got street cred ‘cause I do not deceive
Cred comes from Latin, it means “believe”



by Tom Meltzer ©The Princeton Review

Social Classes

When I was a child I was destitute
My family had nothing in the way of loot
But I never lost sight of the American Dream
I knew someday I would rise to the top like cream

As soon as I became a strong young man
I got me a job working with my hands
I got a blue collar shirt and a yellow hard hat
I became a member of the proletariat

At nights I went to school to get a degree
So I could become a member of the bourgeoisie
Soon I had a desk job with real good pay
I could buy nice things and I liked it that way

I saved my money and invested wisely
All of my investments did very nicely
Now there’s a Rolex on my wrist and Gucci on my feet
I’m a member of society’s elite

by Tom Meltzer ©The Princeton Review

Nigerian E-Mail

I knew this guy who had prosperity
He had no need of loans or charity
He kept his money in a vault that was capacious
Which is to say that the vault was spacious

Then one day he received an email
Purportedly from a Nigerian female
It promised him a fortune if he’d assist her
He would have been better of if he’d dismissed her

My friend was rich but he wanted to be richer
His vision of the future was an opulent picture
So he signed on for what turned out to be a swindle
It wasn’t long before his affluence started to dwindle

And now my friend’s money is entirely depleted
Out of all his riches my friend was cheated
He’s become an indigent, he lost it all
Greed and a con man were his downfall

by Tom Meltzer ©The Princeton Review

Mare

Mare is the Latin word
For the ocean or the sea
It's the root of many English words
The root of them it be
Argh!
The root of them it be

The ocean it be kinda blue and it be kinda green
That's a color that we like to call aquamarine

A sailor is a person who could not be more seafarin'-er
Another word to call that salty dog would be a mariner

Soak your meat in liquid, soon your hunger you'll be sating
What you're doing to that meat, we call it marinating

Guess the word I'm thinking of and I'll give ye a dime
It means "related to the sea," the word is maritime

Dock your boat so it be safe in a harbor or marina
Sit upon the deck and laugh as though you're a hyena

Mare is the Latin word
For the ocean or the sea
It's the root of many English words
The root of them it be
Argh!
The root of them it be

by Tom Meltzer ©The Princeton Review

Delicious

Delicious, Delicious, Delicious

I like food that’s delectable
Succulent and toothsome too
I like food that’s savory
How ‘bout you?

You can make me happy
By offering a scrumptious dish
Drop it down in front of me
And I’ll scream “That’s delish!”

Succulent and savory
Delectable and toothsome too
All these words mean “Delicious”
And now it’s time to eat some stew

Yummmmmm

by Tom Meltzer ©The Princeton Review

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Quiet and Loud

You might find this song quite strange
It has a wide dynamic range
At first it starts out quite subdued
It has a peaceful, quiet mood

But then abruptly it does change
The music grows quite loud and strange
It reaches an unpleasant din
That sets your eardrums rattlin’

And then for reasons quite unknown
The song resumes its tranquil tone
Here’s something you don’t often see
A song that ends in cacophony

by Tom Meltzer ©The Princeton Review

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Polly

Do you know a girl named Polly?
She has many traits by golly
In fact, her name in part expresses
The many qualities she possesses

Name a language she can't speak
I'll bet that you cannot
Polly speaks so many languages
She's a polyglot

Polly can tell you 'bout quantum physics
Or The Grapes of Wrath
She knows just about everything
She's a polymath

She sewed a dress of many colors
The colors are dramatic
When she wears that colorful dress
She's polychromatic

She sings in a great big chorus
With a group symphonic
The chorus has so many voices
It is polyphonic

Polly's married to four men
I think it's ridiculous
The police took her off to jail
They said she was polygamous

Do you know a girl named Polly?
She has many traits by golly
In fact, her name in part expresses
The many qualities she possesses

by Tom Meltzer ©The Princeton Review

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The Halloween Song

This year on Halloween
Instead of saying 'Trick or Treat"
Why not try a different way
To say "You'd better give me something good to eat"

Say: "You ought to give me a ransom
A little bit of candy, I demand some
If you say 'no' I will commit a prank
You won't have anybody but yourself to thank"

Or you say: ""Here's my offer, you could call it extortion
Offer me candy, just a tiny portion
If you don't I will complete a caper:
I'll cover your car in toilet paper!"

One more choice: "If you were to offer me a bribe
I wouldn't do the thing that I'm about to describe
It's something that you might call an escapade:
I'm going to soap the windows of your Escalade!"

So this year say just what you mean
And have a save and happy Halloween!

by Tom Meltzer ©The Princeton Review

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Take the "I" Away From "Trains"

Trains
Can carry you across the plains
But take the I away from trains and you get trans-
A prefix that means “across” or “through”

An email carries your words way across town
Transmitting every single word that you wrote down
A piece of glass lets the sunlight shine right through
Because it is transparent, that’s something it can do

A motorcycle can take you across the land
Transporting you from Maine down to the Rio Grande
And if you ever take a trip across the sea
If the trip is transatlantic you might wind up in Paris

Trains
Can carry you across the plains
But take the I away from trains and you get trans-
A prefix that means “across” or “through”

by Tom Meltzer ©The Princeton Review

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Do You Know an Ingenue?

An ingénue
Is someone who
Would never tell a lie
She’s simple, young, and innocent
And never is a guy

You might say she’s ingenuous
Or you could say naive
They both mean “inexperienced”
And both are French words, I believe

But what of people who pretend
To be naive for evil ends?
We call them disingenuous
Don’t trust a word they say to us

An ingénue
Is someone who
Would never tell a lie
She’s simple, young, and innocent
And never is a guy

by Tom Meltzer ©The Princeton Review

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Silly Hate Song

No two types of hatred are exactly the same
And each type has its own special name

Enmity, enmity
That's the hate you feel toward an enemy
When you get the feeling that it's time to go to war
Then you know the feeling the word "enmity" is for

But if it's for revenge that you do hanker
I would have say that you are feeling rancor
Rancor rots your brain just like a rancid fruit
Hey! Rancor and rancid share the same Latin root!

And when you call somebody a jerk or a phony
That's when you know you're feeling acrimony
When you want to start an acrimonious dispute
Just give somebody a one-finger salute

Let's review!

Enmity's the feeling that drives you to war
Rancor makes you feel that you should settle a score
Acrimony causes you to flip someone the bird
Instead of saying "hate," next time use a different word!

by Tom Meltzer ©The Princeton Review

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I Agree

I agree! I agree!

When somebody asks of me
Whether or not I agree
I like to use a synonym
To answer affirmatively

Yes sir! I concur!
Don’t cry! I’ll comply!
Yes, yes! I acquiesce!
I subscribe to your position
Yes you have got my permission

I agree! I agree!

I give you my best assurance
With you I am in concurrence
My complicity is giant
What I mean is, I’m compliant
With your head I am not messin’
I am fully acquiescent
I subscribe to your position
Yes you have got my permission

I agree! I agree!

by Tom Meltzer ©The Princeton Review

Rainy Day SAT Blues #4000

Well the rain it was torrential
On that October Saturday morning
As Billy headed off to take his SATs
His mother gave him this stern warning

"Don't get water on your answer sheet
Keep that paper free of hydration
Because a wet answer sheet can't be properly scored
And the result is grade deflation"

And Billy said, "Mom, I will be circumspect
Your advice I won't neglect
I'll keep it dry and I'll score high and I'll get into Rutgers"

With great care and diligence
Billy handed in a dry exam
But when the test was later graded
It was as sodden as a Quahog clam

You see the company that runs the SAT
Was a little nonchalant
It let those tests get wet causing Billy to get
A score he didn't earn or want

No, the company wasn't circumspect
Its behavior was abject
And the mistakes it made almost waylaid Billy's chances of getting into Rutgers

by Tom Meltzer ©The Princeton Review

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I Don't Want to be Lachrymose

I don't want to be lachrymose
But you've got my tears flowing
I don't want to be morose
But my misery is growing

You broke my heart
Causing coronary pain
And my life will now be desolate
For alone I will remain
You accuse me of hyperbole
You think I'm exaggerating
You say "Don't be so lugubrious
We weren't even dating!"

I don't want to be lachrymose
But you've got my tears flowing
I don't want to be morose
But my misery is growing

by Tom Meltzer ©The Princeton Review

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Groups

When I see a group of people I wonder what kind of group it is

I see a group that’s so large that it can’t be ignored
(The group you’re looking at could be a horde)
I see another group plotting the government’s fall
(If I were you I’d call that group a cabal)
I see a group that inherited its social class
(That group is often described as a caste)

I see a group that stays together, with others they won’t speak
(That’s a group that you could call a clique)
What if I want another word for a clique I see
(The word you’re looking for is coterie)
If a group surrounds one person and does what he wants them to
(That is an entourage or a retinue)

Now when I see a group of people, I’m gonna know what kind of group it is

by Tom Meltzer ©The Princeton Review

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Enervated

Enervated
Tired and deflated
Lost my energy

Enervated
Vigor has abated
Lost my energy

Some folks say “enervated”
When they mean “invigorated”
That mistake gives me fits
‘Cause those words are opposites

Enervated
Strength is dissipated
Lost my energy

by Tom Meltzer ©The Princeton Review

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End of Summer

Today’s the last day of summer vacation
Today marks summer’s termination
Tomorrow brings the school year’s inauguration

Today is one of the year’s saddest dates
Today’s the day that summer culminates
I’m trying to enjoy this last day of summer
But summer’s cessation is always a bummer

Tomorrow is the day that school will commence
My summer will be over as a consequence
It’s not that I mind the school year’s inception
But with the end of summer I must take exception

Coz when the school reopens summer fun will be missed
The onset of the school year means the summer must desist

by Tom Meltzer ©The Princeton Review

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Snakes on a Plane

If you like your movies cerebral
If you like to use your brain
Then you probably won't like the cinematic feature
That is known as Snakes on a Plane

'Cause Snakes on a Plane is a visceral flick
A thrill-fest of terror and pain
If that's your cup of tea then you should run out and see
Those Oedipal snakes on the Oedipal plane

Samuel L. Jackson is a man of action
From action he does not abstain
He's gonna kill those matriarch-copulating snakes
On that matriarch-copulating plane

Those snakes have Jackson so perturbed
For reasons that he clearly explains
He doesn't like their procreating via taboo mating
He's had it with those [bleep] snakes on the [bleep] plane!

by Tom Meltzer ©The Princeton Review

The Incredible Prefix In-

In- is the coolest prefix I’ve found
In- is a prefix that turns words around
No matter the direction a word is leaning
In- gives the word the opposite meaning

If you were active (you’d be jumping around)
But if you’re inactive (you’d just lie on the ground)
If you’re capable (there’s much you can do)
But if you’re incapable (the job’s not for you)

A path that’s direct (travels on a straight line)
But an indirect path (it just wiggles and winds)
Food is edible (but don’t eat too quick)
But rocks are inedible (they’ll make you sick)

There’s so much you can say every time you begin
A word with the incredible prefix in-

by Tom Meltzer ©The Princeton Review

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The Santa Song

At the top of the world in the frigid North
Lives a fellow most dependable
Every year he distributes toys
To those whose behavior is commendable

His name is Santa and he works all year
To manufacture toys
His workshop's staffed by tiny elves
Diminutive workers he employs

On Christmas Eve Santa loads his toys
In the cargo hold of his sleigh
He exhorts his reindeer to get to work
And he and the reindeer fly away

Now, Santa Claus is a great big man
His belly is tumescent
His reindeer Rudolph has a crimson nose
Which also happens to be luminescent

If you're doubtful that this story's true
You might have a good reason
But regardless of what you believe
Have a joyous Yuletide season

by Tom Meltzer ©The Princeton Review

Happy Holidays

If you want to wish someone a happy holiday
Here's how you can do it in a brand new way
You'll spread a little universal mirth and glee
Bringing joy to the world in perfect harmony

Have a festive Festival of Light (Happy Hanukkah is what you're sayin')
May you have a jubilant Yuletide (Have a Merry Christmas eve and day and)
Hope you have a jovial Kwanzaa, happy as can be
And my New Year bring good tidings, meaning better news for you and me!

by Tom Meltzer ©The Princeton Review

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Bi- and Tri-

Bi- means two and tri- means three
And that’s just the way that it ought to be

A biweekly magazine comes every two weeks
A bilingual person two languages can speak
When you bisect something, you cut it in half
When I think about it, somehow it makes me laugh

A tricycle has three wheels to take you down the street
A tripod is a stand that has three feet
A triceratops is a three-horned dinosaur
When I think about it, it makes me laugh some more

Bi- means two and tri- means three
And that’s just the way that it ought to be

by Tom Meltzer ©The Princeton Review

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The Pleasing Song

You may be a stubborn guy
With little social skill
Or you could be agreeable
And earn your friends’ goodwill

When you appease
You aim to please
By giving into somebody’s demands

When you allay
You make fear go away
By saying soothing words or simply holding someone’s hand

When you assuage
You reduce pain and rage
And help replace it with a soothing calm

If it’s peace that you desire
These are skills you should acquire
Think of how much they have helped your dad and mom!

by Tom Meltzer ©The Princeton Review

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Amor is the Root of Love

Amor is the root of love, don’t you know amor is the root of love

Four little letters A M O R,
When you’re describing love they can take you far
If you’ve got a loving feeling you want to discuss
Just say that you are feeling amorous

Amor is the root of love, I’m telling you amor is the root of love

When you’re enamored of a boy or a girl
You love them more than anyone in the world
And if you’ve got a secret lover you can be sure
That person’s known as your paramour

Amor is the root of love, don’t you know amor is the root of love

by Tom Meltzer ©The Princeton Review

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Hectic Day

It’s a hectic day
I’m as busy as a bee
I’m sprinting around like a fox and a hound
You could say I’m acting frantically
I’ve got more jobs to do than I have time to do ‘em
That’s the reason for my urgency
And if I don’t get ‘em done there’ll be no time for fun
So it’s sort of an emergency

Well, I’ve got homework and chores and a day of school before
That’s a pretty full slate
And I’m starting to sprint ‘coz I know if I walk
I will be running late
If I act a little frantic it’s because I’m worried
That something might get in my way
And then I wouldn’t get time to have any fun
On this very, very hectic day

It’s a hectic day
I’m as busy as a bee

by Tom Meltzer ©The Princeton Review

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Tempo

The tempo of a song is the speed at which it’s played
It helps to add the rhythm to the rhyme
And tempo comes from Latin as so many words do
When a Roman said tempus she was talking ‘bout time
When a Roman said tempus she was talking ‘bout time

When you speak of something that is happening now
You can say that it’s contemporary
What happened in the past occurred in bygone days
You could say that those two words are quite contrary
I’m talking about bygone and contemporary

Nothing lasts forever, that’s sad but true
You could say that everything is temporary
The world exists in time, it’s a temporal place
I wouldn’t blame you if you found the thought a little scary
That’s why the Bible tells us to ‘eat drink and be merry’

The tempo of a song is the speed at which it’s played
It helps to add the rhythm to the rhyme
And tempo comes from Latin as so many words do
When a Roman said tempus she was talking ‘bout time
When a Roman said tempus she was talking ‘bout time

by Tom Meltzer ©The Princeton Review

House Party

There are so many ways to say “I invite you to my home”

Please accept this solicitation
To visit my accommodations
For it would surely make me smile
To see you in my domicile
This supplication is bestowed
Please take a load off at my abode

There are so many ways to say “I invite you to my home”

Verily to you I do extend a
Welcome to my hacienda
No, there is no fence around my residence
So come to the dance at my manse
You won’t get the heave-ho at my chateau
Oh no

There are so many ways to say “I invite you to my home”

by Tom Meltzer ©The Princeton Review

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Be Cool

If you're rude and stubborn
Then you should not be surprised
To find that people shun you
And that you are ostracized
So my advice to you is

Don't be argumentative
Don't always go looking for a fight
Don't be so obstinate
Accept that you aren't always right
Have a little empathy
See things from another's point of view
Be willing to compromise
Meet people halfway and that's where they'll meet you

Be cool man, cool man, cool man--be a decent fellow
Be cool man, cool man, cool man--take it easy and mellow
Be cool man, cool man, cool man--be more copasetic
Be cool man, cool man, cool man--do not be pathetic

by Tom Meltzer ©The Princeton Review

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