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Superfun

by James Culleton

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Superfun 02:32
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SUPERFUN G/C Oh it’s one whole day full of Superfun C/F Oh it’s one whole day full of Superfun G/C Oh it’s one whole day full of Superfun D C D What are you gonna do? Play. Where you gonna do it? Anywhere. Who’s gonna come? C G Anyone. Who wants to have some Superfun? G/C Oh it’s one whole day full of Superfun C/F Oh it’s one whole day full of Superfun G/C Oh it’s one whole day full of Superfun D C D What are you gonna do? Play. Where you gonna do it? Anywhere. Who’s gonna come? C G Anyone. Who wants to have some Superfun? G/C Oh it’s one whole day full of Superfun C/F Oh it’s one whole day full of Superfun G/C Oh it’s one whole day full of Superfun D C D What are you gonna do? Play. Where you gonna do it? Anywhere. Who’s gonna come? C G Anyone. Who wants to have some Superfun?
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H20 04:19
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C F C H20 0 0 0 eau eau eau makes us go-o-o-o-o-o, that’s right C F C H20 0 0 0 0 is essential to Earth and life G as a liquid is water as a solid it’s ice F as a gas its steam or water vapour, just take my advice C F C H20 0 0 0 0 makes us go-o-o-o-o-o, that’s right C F C H20 0 0 0 0 is essential to Earth and life G It’s 3/5 of the human body, and it keeps our planet cool F With out water there’s no hockey, or going to the pool C F C H20 0 0 0 0 makes us go-o-o-o-o-o, that’s right C F C H20 0 0 0 0 is essential to Earth and life G Putting out fires without water would be pretty tough F And eating macaroni would be too crunchy extra rough G It prevents dehydration, make sure you drink a lot F You can’t make a snowman without it water or it’s cool down when it’s hot Bridge Am Gm And yet not everyone has drinking water, Am Gm this is a great shame Am Clean water is a necessity for health G and good hygiene Am C F C H20 0 0 0 0 makes us go-o-o-o-o-o, that’s right C F C H20 0 0 0 0 is essential to Earth and life H20 0 0 0 0 H20 0 0 0 0 H20 0 0 0 0
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Zoom Zoom 04:17
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Em Am Em He was flying in his spaceship towards the Milky Way Em B7 Of the galaxy he knew very little history Em Am. Em 8 Planets in the galaxy circling a star C B7 Em He was looking for a new home and had come very far Em Am Em The first planet he came upon Neptune was it’s name Em B7 Supersonic winds, raining diamonds it wasn’t very safe Em Am. Em (quiver voice) Uranus was much too cold made of solid ice C B7 Em So he got back into his spaceship, and to Saturn he did fly G D (descend) No place to call home, out there all alone Em Am Em Saturn was made of gas and liquid, and storms they did blow Em B7 Jupiter was much too large, there he felt more alone m Am. Em Then he landed on Mars but the atmosphere was too thin(thin thin thin) C B7 Em And Venus and Mercury were much too hot for him(much too hot for him) G D No Place to call home, out there all alone Em Am Em He landed his spaceship on Earth third planet from the Sun Em B7 The only planet that had any life he knew this was the one Em Am. Em With it’s core made of iron and nickel a plenty C B7 Em He could breath the air and walk it’s gravity G D Finally found a home, no longer alone (He found his home)
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Egg Song 02:22
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Egg Song D G D There’s many ways that I like to eat some eggs D A It really cracks me up that a chicken laid it D G There are many ways I’ve found, I’m not yoking around, D A D So many Egg-citing ways to eat an egg. G You might have them over hard or over soft, or over medium D Maybe scrambled, basted, you can poach em, you can bake em G Try them shirred, try them fried A Or in a nice hash or up Sunny side D G D There’s many ways that I like to eat some eggs D A It really cracks me up that a chicken laid it D G There are many ways I’ve found, I’m not yoking around, D A D So many Egg-citing ways to eat an egg. G You can have Green eggs, steak and eggs, with sausage or bacon D in a omelette or benedict or a hash you’re mak’in G In some French toast, pancakes or maybe even A in a shake, Solo D G D There’s many ways that I like to eat some eggs D A It really cracks me up that a chicken laid it D G There are many ways I’ve found, I’m not yoking around, D A D So many Egg-citing ways to eat an egg. Let’s go around the world now G You can try Les oefs cocotte or crem brülle D Heuvos Rancheros or sausage wrapped Scotch eggs G Have you tried your eggs Spanish fried D Khai Yat Sai a an omelette that is Thai G Tamagoyaki is an egg log that is Japanese D Migas is good if you have it with some cheese G Shaksuka is a Tunisian dish D Kwek Kwek fried quail eggs if you wish G Steamed egg custard is a dish from China D A Menemen is from Turkey, nothing is finer D G D There’s many ways that I like to eat some eggs D A It really cracks me up that a chicken laid it D G There are many ways I’ve found, I’m not yoking around, D A D So many Egg-citing ways to eat an egg. Eggs are a naturally source of Vitamin D
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Believe It or Not 03:21
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C F 60 Million years ago dinosaurs walked the earth C G In the Mesozoic Era for what it’s worth C F Over 700 species, that’s what I heard C At first we thought they were reptiles G C Now we think they were birds F C Believe it or not, that’s what science is like C G You hypothesize, then check if you’re right F C. Am Science is right, until it’s not C G C Then we make new predictions based on what we’ve been taught C F The Brontosaurus was my favourite of the dinosaurs, C G Long necked, long tailed, the thunder lizard who could ask for more C F 15 years ago scientists said it didn’t exist, C G C In 2015 the Brontosaurus is back on the list F C Believe it or not, that’s what science is like C G You hypothesize, then check if you’re right F C. Am Science is right, until it’s not C G C Then we make new predictions based on what we’ve been taught C F The Tyrannosaurus rex is another case in point C G At first we thought it was loud and fast and ruled the joint C F With a little more study we found out something new C G C It’s slow and rumbles low and has pretty colours too F C Believe it or not, that’s what science is like C G You hypothesize, then check if you’re right F C. Am Science is right, until it’s not C G C Then we make new predictions based on what we’ve been taught C F Is Pluto a planet?Why do we dream? C G Are we alone in the universe or is there more life than just you and me? C F Is it nature or nurture? And How did life begin? C G C Will we ever travel through time? Will the jets ever win? F C Believe it or not, that’s what science is like C G You hypothesize, then check if you’re right F C. Am Science is right, until it’s not C G F C Then we make new predictions based on what we’ve been taught
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Colours 02:39
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C G There are there primary colours that I would like to show G C Red, Blue and Yellow and here’s what we know F Red the colour of the Roses C Blue the colour of the seas F Yellow the colour of the sunlight G G7 Those are the primaries. D A When you mix two primary colours I wonder if you knew A D You get the secondary colours, 3 more brand new hues. G Red and yellow make orange D Yellow and blue make green G Blue and red make violet A A7 And those are the colours in between G Orange the color of the oranges D Green the colour of the trees G Violet the colour of the violets A A7 Those are the secondaries E B With these 6 colours I’d ike you to know B E You can make a symbol called the rainbow A Em It starts with red and orange, followed by yellow and green A B Then comes blue and violet and a rainbow can be seen E Rainbow heavenly solo
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Green 04:04
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What Should I Paint 02:49
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C G I set up my brushes and get out my paint G C I walk up to the easel and a canvas I place F C The white of the canvas can cause you restraint G C And there you may stare……… until you are feint C G G C oh……What should I paint? What should I draw? Should it be just what I see or what I just saw? F C G C Maybe a portrait of someone that I know or maybe a landscape of somewhere I go? C G I open my sketchbook and get out my pen G C I walk up to my subject someone new or a friend F C The white of the paper can cause you restraint G C And there you may stare……… until you are feint C G G C oh……What should I paint? What should I draw? Should it be just what I see or what I just saw? F C G C maybe a red apple or a delicious cake, or maybe draw some trees or or a picture of the lake C G I set up my brushes and get out my paint G C I walk up to the easel and a canvas I place F C The white of the canvas can cause you restraint G C And there you may stare……… until you are feint C G G C Oh…….What should I paint? What should I draw? Should it be just what I see or what I just saw? F C G C Or maybe I’ll paint my kitty cat or a portrait of a snake, All I know is whatever I paint it won’t ever be a mistake
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My Job 03:37
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My Job C F C Once I was a paper boy with a paper route C G7 I’d get up early and deliver my papers to every house C First the herald and then the free press F It was the job that I liked best C G C When I was a paper boy with a paper route C F C Then I was a patty flipper, an apron I did wear C G7 I’d put mustard, ketchup, onions, pickles on buns, burgers I’d prepare C Hi Can I take your order please? F I worked there until University C G C When I was a patty flipper, an apron I did wear F C It was my job(it was his job) where I went to do my work F G It was my job(it was his job), a responsibility I did not shirk C I made some money at all these places F I made lots of friends and I miss their faces C G C Once when I went to my job where I did my work. C F C I went to school to be an artist at the university C G7 I refined my drawing skills and learned to be quite painterly C F After four years I got my bachelor’s degree, my parents were very proud of me, C G C When I went to school to be an artist at the University C F C Then I was a furniture designer, drawing sofas and chairs C G7 Sitting on things making sure they sat right, travelling to shows and fairs C F First for a Company then on my own, I made enough money to pay off my student loans C G C When I was a furniture designer, drawing sofas and chairs F C It was my job(it was his job) where I went to do my work F G It was my job(it was his job), a responsibility I did not shirk Am G Am G I did it for the money, but found life is more than that buddy C I made some money at all these places F I made lots of friends and I miss their faces C G C Once when I went to my job where I did my work.
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Everybody's Nose 05:03
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Everybody’s Nose I wish I could smell like a honey bee I’d smell all the flowers though 2 miles of trees. If I was a bear I could smell seal right through the ice. And food through a closed fridge, that might be nice. Most of our noses project off our faces Whether you are an animal or of the human races What does your nose know? Everybody’s nose My dog licks my leg and then she smells the lick, Sometimes I feel like a giant scratch and sniff My dog can smell 100,000 times better than me, Why does she get so close to smell her own pee. Most of our noses project off our faces Whether you are an animal or of the human race What does your nose know? Everybody’s nose (Sniffing begins) Everybody’s nose, Everybody’s nose It’s not just for show, everybody’s nose Everybody’s nose, everybody’s nose They continue to grow, everybody’s nose. Pigs can smell things 25’ feet underground. I wish I could smell my keys then they’d be easily found It’s said that snakes can taste the air with their tongues. And that humans have scent receptors about 5 million. Most of our noses project off our faces Whether you are an animal or of the human races What does your nose know? Everybody’s nose African elephants have the best nose hoses Kiwis have nostrils on the tips of their noses I once heard of a woman who could smell diseases Those are some amazing nasal cavities Most of our noses project off our faces Whether you are an animal or of the human races What does your nose know? Everybody’s nose Everybody’s nose, Everybody’s nose It’s not just for show, everybody’s nose Everybody’s nose, everybody’s nose They continue to grow, everybody’s nose.
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How to Write a Song 03:04
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C F C F This here’s a song about how to write a song C A7 D7 G7 I think you should give it a try, you can’t get it wrong C F C F This here’s a song about how to write a song C A7 D7 G7 I think you should give it a try, you can’t get it wrong F C A7 Write down some words no matter how absurd to a favourite melody D7 G G7 Pretty soon, before too long you’ll be singing it you see. F C A7 Write what you know, describe things you’ve seen, or tell a funny story D7 G G7 Write about things and people you love, it’s as easy as can be. C This here’s a song about how to write a song C7 I think you should give it a try, you can’t get it wrong F C A7 Write down some words no matter how absurd to a favourite melody D7 G7 C Pretty soon, before too long you’ll be singing it you see. F C A7 Write down some words no matter how absurd to a favourite melody D7 G G7 Pretty soon, before too long you’ll be singing it you see. F C A7 Write what you know, describe things you’ve seen, or tell a funny story D7 G G7 Write about things and people you love, it’s as easy as can be. C This here’s a song about how to write a song C7 I think you should give it a try, you can’t get it wrong F C A7 Write down some words no matter how absurd to a favourite melody D7 G7 C Pretty soon, before too long you’ll be singing it you see.

about

After doing a kid’s album based on my aunt’s book, I wanted to make a kid’s album based on things that I thought kids would find interesting and fun. A lot of the songs are about making art and music and how fun that can be, how there are no mistakes. Or how you’ll be a lot of things in life and it’ll be the people you meet that are important. And the idea was to write a bunch of songs that I could perform using art and props as part of the performance. Sort of a cross over between my art and my music.
I wrote and arranged the songs over the pandemic. I was able to get Grant Siemens to help produce the album since all of his tours had been cancelled. He’s an incredible guitar player and has great ear for music, he’s been on many of my albums and was on my first album in 2003.
The Songs
Superfun(the single), was written by Roger Mollot. It’s a song about everyone playing and having fun! When we recording all the songs it was the last one on the list…it was near the end of the day, everyone was pretty tired. But when that guitar lick starts the whole band just got revved up and it blew all our hair back, becoming the title track.
The track Zoom Zoom is about a person in space looking for a new planet to live and he heads towards the Milky Way. He goes through all the planets and eventually discovers earth and finds his new home. Al Simmons plays all sorts of wacky invented instruments on this track and Keri Latimer adds some eerie theremin to it as well. In the studio there was a moment where Al was whirling a whirly-gig around in the air and Keri is ducking while playing the theremin.
H20 is a funny song about water and how important it is.
The Egg Song is a tongue twister patter piece about all the ways you can eat an egg
Believe it or not is a song about dinosaurs and the scientific method
Colours describes the primary colours and how they mix to make other colours and then finally a rainbow
Green is written by Jeanette Hammond, an art student of mine. It’s about a dream she had where everything was really, really, green. Even her dog.
What Should I Paint is a song about exactly that, the dreaded bank canvas and tips to know what to draw and paint
My Job is basically my resume in song form. The moral of the story is although I made money at all these places it’s really about the people you meet along the way
Everybody’s Nose is a song about all the noses in all the world.
How to Write a Song is a song about how to write a song.

My youngest son, Finn Culleton made the front cover Superfun logo. We’ve already made shirts and stickers!

credits

released March 1, 2022

All songs written and arranged by James Culleton except for:
Superfun written by Roger Mollot
Green lyrics written by Jeanette Hammond

Guitars and keys: Grant Siemens
Bass: Tom Fodey
Drums: Joanna Miller
Banjo, harmonica and sound effects: Al Simmons
Theremin: Keri Latimer
Saxaphone, flute and clarinet: Paul Balcain
Engineered, mixed and mastered: Jamie Sitar
Recorded at the Song Shop, Winnipeg, MB
Album Cover: Finn Culleton
Back photograph: Leif Norman
Produced by Grant Siemens and James Culleton
© 2022 James Culleton
www.jamesculleton.com

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The James Culleton Superfun show features songs about art, science and music. Funny tunes about food and fun.

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