How Songs Stick in my Brain

(To the tune of “Gilligan’s Island Theme”)

I’d like to tell you all about
How songs stick in my brain
Of that there surely is no doubt
So let me please explain

I wake up every morning at a
Very early hour
But something happens every time
I step into the shower, I step into the shower

My mind begins to fixate on
A single melody
That’s rattling inside my head
A tiny bit off key, a tiny bit off key

I whistle hard to get it out
But it’s to no avail
No matter what I try to do
The melody prevails, the melody prevails

To keep from driving others nuts
I formed a simple plan
Recycling tunes to try to help
My students understand, my students understand

So thus were born the Melodies
Of metabolic kinds
For teaching science principles
With a virus of the mind

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