The Benefits of Language

When you've got some seasoning that I need
I just ask you to pass it and you hand it to me
Then, I can put it on my sandwich
This is a benefit of language

When Glinda saw Dorothy fall out of the sky
And she didn't know how; she had no idea why
But she could ask, "Are you a good witch, or a bad witch?"
This is a benefit of language

Well, Contracting your diaphragm forces a column of air through your larynx and your vocal cords, which can vibrate at one of a number of frequencies

When you broke my heart and you threw it away
I checked into the hospital the very next day
I asked the doctor for a bandage
This is a benefit of language

But, when colorless green ideas sleep furiously
Well, it just sounds like bad Bob Dylan to me
There's no deep structure from my vantage
Although, syntactically, it's language

Yeah, using your lips and your tongue, not to mention your uvula, you can produce many sounds which are then strung together and turned into human speech

Well, when I'm feeling hungry, but I don't want to cook
I just sit on my couch and I pick up a book
And then I soon forget I'm famished
Another benefit of language

And, when I've got some subject that I hold dear
I just put it in a song and I know that you'll hear
And then I don't feel so much anguish
The biggest benefit of language

If it's a benefit, then I'll take ten of it
These are the benefits of language