Muscle and Bones

Muscles & Bones

 

Chorus

 

When you nod your head,

Manoeuvre the cranium,

Or stamp your feet,

Twenty-six bones each,

When you clap your hands,

A clash of the phalanges,

There’s a lot going on underneath.

O, the skin is a fabulous thing to be in,

But it can’t get round on its own.

Every action needs a muscle contraction

And a lot of support from your bones.

 

Verse 1

Now the average newborn baby has over 300 bones,

And then some will fuse together on the way to being totally grown.

So the average adult human has only 206,

But there are still enough of them to hold you up

And do some pretty impressive tricks.

The longest is the femur, in the thigh is where you’ll find it;

The strongest is the tibia, and the fibula is behind it.

Oh, it’s great to know you’re a vertebrate, it’s divine to have a spine,

So let’s celebrate the fact that our backbone’s stacked

And give it ten out of nine for design.

 

Chorus

Verse 2

 

You’ve got more than six hundred muscles

And they always work in pairs.

There are even very small ones

At the root of every one of your hairs.

When you’re sitting down watching telly,

When you’re sitting on top of the bus,

The very bottom line

Is that you’re spending time

Upon your gluteous maximus.

Your mum might wag her finger

If you accidentally vex her,

In other words,

She’s exercising a warning digital flexor.

We depend on muscles and tendons too,

And it makes you stop and think….

It takes seventeen to smile,

Forty three to frown,

And slightly over one hundred to wink.

 

Chorus

Sing

Some words they can’t be spoken, only sung,

So hear a thousand voices shouting love,

There’s a place, there’s a time in this life,

When you sing what you are feeling,

Find your feet, stand your ground,

Don’t you see right now

The world is listening to what we say.

 

Sing it louder, sing it clearer,

Knowing everyone will hear you.

Make some noise,

Find your voice today.

Sing it stronger, sing together,

Make this moment last forever,

Old and young shouting love tonight.

 

Verse 2

To sing we’ve had a lifetime to wait.

And see a thousand faces celebrate.

You brought hope,

You brought light,

Conquered fear,

No it wasn’t always easy.

Stood your ground,

Kept your faith,

Don’t you see right now the world is listening to what we say.

 

Verse 3

Some words can’t be spoken only sung,

So hear a thousand voices shouting love

And light and hope.

Just sing,

Just sing,

Just sing,

Just sing (Come on and sing it louder, sing it clearer,

Knowing everyone will hear you,

Make some noise,

Find your voice tonight,

Sing it stronger, Sing together,

Make this moment last forever,

Old and young, shouting love tonight.

(Solo)

Hear a thousand voices shouting love.