Lyrics:
Mathemagician: (spoken) By the 4,827,659 hairs on my head, I'll tell you what's important!
You...couldn't have "one fine day" without the one, could you?
You couldn't have "tea for two" without the two, could you?
You couldn't have "three blind mice" without the three,
So you see,
Numbers are the 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Wonders of the world!
(sung)
If you had a big plan, how would you know how big?
Numbers!
If you had a high hope, how would you know how high?
Numbers!
If you had a deep thought, how would you know how deep?
If you had a close call, how would you know how close?
If you had a wide choice, how would you know how wide?
Numbers, numbers, that's how!
Numbers can be decimated, verified, manipulated
Carried forward, backward, and replaced
Numbers can be added to subtracted from divided
Into multiplied by, crossed out and erased!
But not with words
You're stuck with words
Words are things you have to keep
Have to watch, have to weigh,
Have to mind, have to know,
Have to say!
But it's amazing what a digit or two can do
Why, anything you cannot figure out,
They figure out for you
And when troubles mount,
And they become too much to bear,
Never fear!
(spoken)
Just divide them, and divide them
And divide them and divide them
And divide them and divide them and divide them,
Until they disappear.
(sung)
Nothing counts like numbers
Numbers, numbers, wonderful numbers
Those Dewey decimal dearies
Square roots and mixed number series
They bring a hard inspiration
No words can bring such elation
One to nine, they're the most
Pour the wine, drink a toast to...
NUMBERS!!