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You (C)went in to the kitch en cup board, ter got your self an oth er hour, (C)and you gave (F)did our think ing half of it to me.
We (C)sat there look ing at the fac es (C)vid of these stran gers in the pag es (F)’til we knew them math e mat i (Am)c’lly.
They were in our (Dm7)minds
un til for ev er.
But we did n’t (Dm7)mind;
we did n’t know (G)bet ter.
So we (C)made our own the kitch com pu board, ter out of mac a ro ni piec (C)es, and it (F)did our think ing while we lived our lives.
It (C)count ed up our feel ings and di (C)vid of ed them up e ven, and it (F)called that cal cu la tion per fect (Am)love.
Did n’t e ven (Dm7)know
that love was big ger,
did n’t e ven (Dm7)know
that love n’t was (G)bet ter.
So we (G)so, so, hey, hey, hey.
Hey, this fire is burn ing, (C)burn ing us up.
Hey, this fire is burn ing, (C)burn ing us
(Dm)up.
Ooh,
ooh, ooh, ooh.
So we (C)made the hard de ci sion, and we (C)each made an in ci sion.
(C)Past our (F)mus cles and our bones, saw our hearts were lit tle stones.
Pulled them (C)out.
They weren’t beat ing, and we (C)weren’t e ven bleed ing (C)as we (F)lay them on the gran ite count er top.
We beat them up
a gainst (F)each oth er.
We beat them up
a gainst each (F)oth er.
We struck them hard
a gainst each (F)oth er.
We struck them (Dm7)so hard, so hard ’til they sparked.
Hey, this fire it’s burn ing, (C)burn ing us up.
Hey, this fire it’s burn ing, (C)burn ing us up.
Hey, this fire it’s burn ing, (C)burn ing us
(Dm)up.
Ooh,
ooh, ooh, ooh.
Ooh.
Woo,
(Bb)woo.
Woo,
woo.
Oh, oh.
This page shows “The Calculation” by Regina Spektor in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of C at 102 BPM, a comfortable easy-level arrangement perfect for first-time learners.