Brain Songs

1. Brain Songs

2. Brain of Mine To the tune of Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

3. Thinking, thinking brain of mineHow I think you’re really fine

4. Up above my heart so highLike a diamond behind my eye

5. Thinking, thinking brain of mineHow I think you’re really fine

6. The Dendrite Song To the tune of Clementine

7. Use your dendritesUse your dendritesTo connect throughout your brainTake in info, analyze itGrow some new ones Unrestrained

8. Axons send outNeurotransmittersTo the dendrites all aroundAcross the synapseJumps the impulseNew ideas can now abound

9. Stimulation Is what the brain needsTo make dendrites stretch and growNew connectionsMake us smarterIn what we think and what we know

10. Use your dendritesUse your dendritesTo connect throughout your brainTake in info, analyze itGrow some new ones Unrestrained

11. Because I Have a Brain To the tune of “If I Only Had a Brain”

12. I can flex a muscle tightlyOr tap my finger lightlyIt’s because I have a brain

13. I can swim in the riverThough it’s cold and makes me shiverJust because I have a brain

14. I am really fascinatedTo be coordinatedIt’s because I have a brain

15. I can see lots of facesFeel the pain of wearing bracesJust because I have a brain

16. Oh, I appreciateThe many things that I can do

17. I can taste a chicken stewOr smell perfumeAnd then I sitAnd touch the dew

18. I am heavy with emotionAnd often have the notionThat life is never plain

19. I have lots of personalityA sense of true realityBecause I have a brain

20. I’ve Been Working on My Neurons To the tune of I’ve Been Working on the Railroad

21. I’ve been working on my neuronsAll the livelong dayI’ve been working on my neuronsJust to make my dendrites play

22. Can’t you hear the synapse snapping?Impulses bouncing to and froCan’t you tell that I’ve been learningSee how much I know

23. The Brain Chemicals To the tune of “Old McDonald”

24. Acetylcholine in my brainB-R-A-I-N (repeat)It’s most abundant aids in memory and thoughtabundant abundant memory and thought Acetylcholine in my brainB-R-A-I-N

25. Norepinephrine in my brainB-R-A-I-N (repeat)Short term to long term improves moodshort term long termimproves mood Norepinephrine in my brainB-R-A-I-N

26. Dopamine is in my brainB-R-A-I-N (repeat)Physical movementimproves mood Physical movementimproves mood  Dopamine is in my brainB-R-A-I-N 

27. Serotonin is in my brainB-R-A-I-N (repeat)smooth muscle movementimproves mood smooth muscle movementimproves mood Serotonin is in my brainB-R-A-I-N

28. There is GABA in my brainB-R-A-I-N (repeat)Keeps us calm, neurons don’t fire at once Keeps us calm, neurons don’t fire at once There is GABA in my brainB-R-A-I-N

29. Endorphins are in my brainB-R-A-I-N (repeat)Makes one feel good; helps to concentratefeels good, concentratefeels good, concentrate Endorphins are in my brainB-R-A-I-N

30. Oh Neuron To the tune of “Oh, Christmas Tree” Written by a 3rd grader

31. Oh neuron, Oh neuronHow lovely are your dendrites

32. Oh neuron,Oh neuronHow lovely is your soma

33. The nucleus,The axon,The myelin sheath,The terminals

34. Oh neuron,Oh neuronHow lovely are your dendrites