If You Can Read/Lyrics

at
Man: If you can read A-T, "at"

Then you can read "cat" and "chat"

And you can read "bat" and "brat"

And you can read "drat"

Chorus: See, I got you reading with me

All you need is a little A-T

Man: If you can read A-T, "at"

Then you can read "fat" and "flat"

And you can read "sat" and "scat"

And you can read "splat"

Chorus: See, I got you learning with words

Don't you love every "at" that you've heard?

Man: If you can read A-T, "at"

Then you can read "pat" and "hat"

And you can read "rat"

And you can read "bat"

'Cause you can read "at"

ing
Man: If you can read I-N-G

Then you can read "king" and "ring"

And you can read "sting" and "sling"

And you can read "spring"

Chorus: Yeah, you're really startin' to swing

Gonna sing you a thing about "ing"

Man: If you can read I-N-G

Then you can read "fling" and "cling"

And you can read "bring" and "string"

And you can read "ping"

Chorus: Yeah, you're really startin' to read

Little "ing" is a thing that you need

Man: If you can read I-N-G

Then you can read "wing" and "wring"

And you can read "ding"

And you can read "king"

'Cause you can read "ing"

en
Man: If you can read E-N, "en"

Then you can read "ten" and "pen"

And you can read "hen" and "zen"

And you can read "men"

Chorus: Yeah, come on and read it again

All you need is a little E-N

Man: If you can read E-N, "en"

Then you can read "end" and "mend"

And you can read "send" and "spend"

And you can read "lend"

Chorus: Yeah, I bet you're getting to know

Every "en" that I'm tending to show

Man: If you can read E-N, "en"

Then you can read "when" and "then"

And you can read "den"

And you can read "ten"

'Cause you can read "en"

op
Man: If you can read O-P, "op"

Then you can read "hop" and "pop"

And you can read "chop" and "flop"

And you can read "stop"

Chorus: See, I got you reading with me

And it starts with a little O-P

Man: If you can read O-P, "op"

Then you can read "mop" and "top"

And you can read "crop" and "drop"

And you can read "shop"

Chorus: See, I got you starting to know

Every "op" that I'm opting to show

Man: If you can read O-P, "op"

Then you can read "slop" and "plop"

And you can read "bop"

And you can read "hop"

'Cause you can read "op"

ay
Man: If you can read A-Y, "ay"

Then you can read "pay" and "way"

And you can read "ray" and "tray"

And you can read "yay"

Chorus: Yay, come on, give it you try

All you need is a little A-Y

Man: If you can read A-Y, "ay"

Then you can read "gray" and "day"

And you can read "stay" and "play"

And you can read "sway"

Chorus: Hey, I got you sayin' the words

Don't you love every "ay" that you've heard?

Man: If you can read A-Y, "ay"

Then you can read "may" and "okay"

And you can read "hay"

And you can read "hooray"

'Cause you can read "ay"

ick
Man: If you can read I-C-K

Then you can read "pick" and "stick"

And you can read "thick" and "slick"

And you can read "quick"

Chorus: Hey, I got you reading today

All it took was an I-C-K

Man: If you can read I-C-K

Then you can read "tick" and "flick"

And you can read "sick" and "chick"

And you can read "click"

Chorus: Yeah, I bet you're getting to know

Every "ick" that I'm tickled to show

Man: If you can read I-C-K

Then you can read "lick" and "trick"

And you can read "kick"

And you can read "brick"

'Cause you can read "ick"

ug
Man: If you can read U-G, "ug"

Then you can read "bug" and "rug"

And you can read "chug" and "lug"

And you can read "hug"

Chorus: See, I got you reading with me

All you need is a little U-G

Man: If you can read U-G, "ug"

Then you can read "snug" and "dug"

And you can read "mug" and "jug"

And you can read "tug"

Chorus: Hey, I got you learning with words

Don't you love every "ug" that you've heard?

Man: If you can read U-G, "ug"

Then you can read "glug, glug, glug"

And you can read "plug"

And you can read "shrug"

'Cause you can read "ug"

pe
Man: If you can read P-E, "pe"

Then you can read "pet" and "pen" and "penny" too

And "peg" and "pest"

'Cause they all start with "pe", you see

Chorus: "Pe", P-E

Man: P-E at the beginning is a great big clue

And as long as you check out the ending too

You can read lots of words that start with "pe", P-E

Chorus: Pet, pen, penny, peg, pest

Man: Lots of words that start with "pe", P-E

Chorus: "Pe", "pe", P-E

"Pe"

coa
Man: If you can read C-O-A, "coa"

Then you can read "coat" and "coast" and "coaster" too

And "coach" and "coal"

'Cause they start the same way

Chorus: "Coa", C-O-A

Man: C-O-A at the beginning is a great big clue

And as long as you check out the ending too

You can read lots of words that start with "coa", C-O-A

Chorus: Coat, coast, coaster, coach, coal

Man: Lots of words that start with "coa", C-O-A

Chorus: "Coa", "coa", C-O-A

"Coa"

car
Man: If you can read C-A-R, "car"

Then you can read "card" and "carp" and "carpet" too

And you can read "car"

And you can read "cart"

Chorus: "Car", C-A-R

Man: C-A-R at the beginning is a great big clue

And as long as you check out the ending too

You can read lots of words with C-A-R at their start

Chorus: card, carp, carpet, car, cart

Man: You can read lots of words with C-A-R at their start

Chorus: C-A-R, "car"

"Car"