Hook It to What You Know

[KID] Hook it to a thing you know! (sproing!) A fact on its own? That fact gotta GO! (whoosh) Hook it to a thing you know! (yank!) The more that you know, the more that you HOLD!

New fact came floatin', had nothin' to grip — bobble, wobble, slidin', 'bout to slip-slip-slip! I threw out a rope (tssk), pulled it in slow — tied it to a thing I already know! (boom!)

[KID] Hook it to a thing you know! (sproing!) A fact on its own? That fact gotta GO! (whoosh) Hook it to a thing you know! (yank!) The more that you know, the more that you HOLD!

Meet a kid named Marco — oi, like the pool! (Marco... POLO!) Now his name's on the splash, kept it, cool-cool-cool. Learn the word gigantic? Quick — hook it to your bear! Big new thing grabs old thing, the rope is right there. (hey!)

[KID] Hook it to a thing you know! (sproing!) A fact on its own? That fact gotta GO! (whoosh) Hook it to a thing you know! (yank!) The more that you know, the more that you HOLD!

Your brain's a sticky web, strings everywhere you go — hook every new thing on, and it won't drop low. Loose facts hit the floor (thud) — yours stay up on show: all hooked to a thing you already know!