I have an especially chatty class this year, but I also have strong classroom management skills, so we are doing just fine. However, I was inspired by my students to rewrite the lyrics of "Everybody Talks" by Neon Trees. This was just silly fun, but I'm sure some of you teachers can relate with my song.
You can access my recording HERE and follow along with the lyrics below. Don't judge my voice; I'm no singer!
Everybody
Talks
Ahhh—ahhh-ahhh (Ahem)
Hey,
students won’t you look my way?
Don’t
you let us have this friction.
Hey,
students, all I gotta say is
I
wanna have your attention.
You’re
my awesome kiddos
but
this happens all the time…
I
realize that everybody talks, everybody talks, everybody talks.
It
starts off with a whisper
And
don’t think that I missed it!
And
then it makes my head hurt.
I
can hear the chit chat
Don’t
think I can deal with that
Mrs.
Bowman wants to backtrack
When
everybody talks back
I
get you wanna speak your mind
just
don’t do it while I’m teaching
Too
much can be an overdose
and
leave me with bad feelings.
Oh
my, my, my
Everybody
talks, everybody talks, everybody talks too much!
It
starts off with a whisper
And
don’t think that I missed it!
And
then it makes my head hurt.
I
can hear the chit chat
Don’t
think I can deal with that
Mrs.
Bowman wants to backtrack
When
everybody talks back
I
don’t wanna deal with this all day
When
everybody’s words get in the way.
(Instrumental
break)
Hey
students give us all respect
Don’t
you give us no more friction
Hey,
students, what you gotta say?
It
starts off with a whisper
And
don’t think that I missed it!
And
then it makes my head hurt.
I
can hear the chit chat
Don’t
think I can deal with that
Mrs.
Bowman wants to backtrack
When
everybody talks back
Everybody
talks, everybody talks
Everybody talks, everybody talks
Everybody
talks, everybody talks back
It
starts off with a whisper
And
don’t think that I missed it!
Everybody
talks, everybody talks back
