- a hip-hop song about how amazing our bodies are
MY BODY RUNS
My body runs, my body goes!
I don’t know how, but my body knows!
How to smell and hear and see
How to move and sleep for me
How to eat and have some fun
I’m so glad my body runs!
My heart runs, my heart goes
I don’t know how, but my heart knows
How to beat without a sound
How to pump my blood around
How to thump and have some fun
I’m so glad that my heart runs! -(let’s do some heart thumping)
My lungs run, my lungs go
I don’t know how, but my lungs know
How to breathe and hold my breath
How to cough and run my chest
How to laugh when I have fun
I’m so glad that my lungs run! -(short breathing)
My legs run, my legs go!
I don’t know how, but my legs know
How to climb and crawl and dance
How t’fit my feet into my pants!
How to jump and have some fun
I’m so glad that my legs run! -(c’mon let’s dance legs)
My arms run, my arms go!
I don’t know how, but my arms know
How to shrug my shoulders with a jerk
How to make my elbows work!
How t’wave and hug someone!
I’m so glad that my arms run! -(wave ‘em around!)
My hands run, my hands go!
I don’t know how, but my hands know
How to make my fingers snap
How t’wiggle, point and clap!
How t’work my opposin’ thumbs!
I’m so glad that my hands run! (gimme five!)
My nose runs, my nose goes,
I don’t know how, but my nose knows
It sniffs and wiggles, smells things sweet,
Smells things gross, like socks and feet
It smells the flowers and fresh baked buns
I’m so glad that my nose runs! -(sniff, sniff)
My mouth runs, my mouth goes!
I don’t know how, but my mouth knows
How t’chew and work my lips!
How to swallow, whistle, talk, and spit
How t’make my teeth just miss my tongue
I’m so glad that my mouth runs! -(let’s do some tongue singing
C’mon stick your tongue and sing like this!)
Well, my ears run, my ears go!
I don’t know how, but my ears know
How to hear what people say
Birds and music, that’s okay
They let me know when someone comes,
Yeah, I’m so glad that my ears run!
My eyes run, my eyes go!
I don’t know how, but my eyes know
How to blink and see the light
How to cry and squint and close real tight
How to shine when I love someone
I’m so glad that my eyes run! -(look at me! 'Cause I’m lookin at you! I see you.)
My brain runs, my brain goes!
I don’t know how, but my brain knows
Exactly where to grow my hair
How to pull ideas out of the air
How to organize everything at once
I’m so glad that my brain runs! -(quiet, I’m thinking!)
My stomach runs, my stomach goes!
I don’t know how, but my stomach knows
How to digest all my food
And sometimes, well, my stomach’s rude
It hiccoughs, gurgles, burps, it’s fun!
I’m so glad my stomach runs! -(c’mon, hiccup! hiccup! Gurgle, burp! Ooh yeah!)
My body runs, my body goes!
I don’t know how, but my body knows!
How to smell and hear and see
How to move and sleep for me
How to eat and have some fun
I’m so glad my body runs! -(Yeah! Take it on home.)
Written by Peter Alsop, ©Copyright 2001, Moose School Music (BMI)