Great big words by Tom Chapin

When I was a little kid, a "diminutive juvenile,
"I liked my folks to read to me, I was an "eager bibliophile."
Now I love words for how they sound And how they "communicate."
Perhaps I should explain myself, that is, "elucidate."
Great big words, I like big words.Letter by letter, the bigger the better
Great big words. La la la la la la la la la la!
Now maybe you're "adept" at sports or "excellent" at school,
Maybe you're "vainglorious," Which means you think you're cool.
But give me a "massive ideogram," A big word to make my point.
When you can "verbalize" yourself You can really rock the joint.
Great big words, I like big words.
I get a thrill out of every syllableGreat big words.
My word of the week last week was "unique."
People thought I was one of a kind.
When my word of the day was "distingue" People said I was very refined.
But they look at me like I'm an alienWhen I say things like "sesquipedalian."
But what, me worry? I can't go wrong
With a word that's a foot and one half long.
Big words are "prodigious terms" Now don't they sound delicious?
They impress your teachers, confuse your parentsAnd make your friends suspicious.
But that's okay we'll start a trend That soon will sweep the nation;
The hyper-linguistic polysyllabic speech association.
Great big words, I like big words.
No extra charge if it's very large, thoseGreat big words.Great big words, I like big words.
Letter by letter the bigger the betterGreat big words.
La la la la la la la la la la !(Reiterate please!)
La la la la la la la la la la !(Diminuendo.)
La la la la la la la la la la !(Grand finale!)
La la la la la la la la la la!