Simple Words - Lyrics - Madeline

Madeline is a media franchise that originated as a series of children's books written by Ludwig Bemelmans, an Austrian author. The books have been adapted into numerous formats, spawning telefilms, television series and a live action feature film. The adaptations are famous for the closing line, first uttered by actress Ethel Barrymore in a play, "That's all there is; there isn't any more." The stories takes place in a Catholic boarding school in Paris. Much of the media start with the line "In an old house in Paris that was covered in vines, lived twelve little girls in two straight lines ..." The stories often are written entirely in rhyme, and include simple themes of daily life which appeal to children.

Simple words, they sound so good to them Oh them simple words, they could shake a body down The church crowd leaves the building When the preacher stops his preaching All them simple words, they sound so good to them Oh them simple words, they could shake a body down The sunrise, this heartbreak, all cause for to celebrate All them simple joys, they taste so good to them All them simple joys, we are all drunk on something When the grass peeks through the snowfall We will all creep out from our holes When flowers bloom from barren earth Watch greenery spring, come spring rebirth Watch lovers join in, lovers join in simple words Oh them simple words, they sound so good to them Oh them simple words, they can shake the body down