Appears on: Schoolhouse Rock Rocks CD, Nico Japanese version, a short form video
Recorded at: River Sound Studios, NY
Produced by: Mike Napolitano and Blind Melon
Written by: Bob Dorough
Shannon:
lead
vocals
Glen:
percussion,
drums
Rodgers:
electric
and acoustic guitar
Brad:
bass,
flute
Christopher:
keyboards
Live Performances: A brief perfromance at Woodstock '94 and not many other times
Notes:
The
song was recorded to be on the Schoolhouse Rock Rocks CD.
This song was recorded during the same sessions as John Sinclair. This
was the last song the band recorded together.
The song is played during the 1999 movie Never Been Kissed.
Rogers: We had been wanting to cover that for a long time. Glen had all the video tapes recorded of all the cartoons and everyone remembers them from when we were kids. We talked about it a bunch over the years that we were gonna do one of the songs and then this opportunity came up... they were doing the tribute record so we jumped on it. We picked that song before anybody had a chance to do it. That was a one day thing. It just came off as one of those lucky special recordings.
Lyrics:
Three
is a magic number
ya
it is, it's a magic number
Somewhere
in that ancient mystic trinity
You'll
get three
As
a magic number
The
past, the present, the future,
Faith,
and hope, and charity,
the
heart, the brain, the body,
will
give you three,
it's
a magic number
It
takes three legs to make a tripod or to make a table stand,
and
it takes three wheels to make a vehicle called a tricycle
And
every triangle has three corners,
every
triangle has three sides,
no
more, no less,
you
don't have to guess
that
it's three
can't
you see?
it's
a magic number
A
man and a woman had a little baby
yeah
they did
and
there were three in the family
and
that's a magic number
3,
6, 9,
12,
15, 18,
21,
24, 27,
30
Now
multiply backwards from 3x10
3x10
is 30
3x9
is 27
3x8
is 24
3x7
is 21
3x6
is 18
3x5
is 15
3x4
is 12
and
3x3 is 9
and
3x2 is 6
and
3x1 is 3 of course
(Now
dig the pattern once more!)
3,
6, 9,
12,
15, 18
Oh
yeah
3x10
is 30
3x9
is
27
3x8
is 24
3x7
is 21
3x6
is 18
3x5
is 15
3x4
is 12
and
3x3 is 9
and
3x2 is 6
and
3x1
What
is it?
3
A
man and a woman had a little baby
there
were three in the family
and
that's a magic number