Why Does the Sun Shine Lyrics

Performed by They Might Be Giants

The sun is mass of incandescent gas, a gigantic nuclear furnace,
where hydrogen is built into helium at a temperature of millions of degrees.

Yo ho! It's hot, the sun is not a place where we could live.
But here on earth there'd be no life without the light it gives.

We need its light.
We need its heat.
We need its energy.
Without the sun without a doubt there'd be no you and me.

The sun is mass of incandescent gas, a gigantic nuclear furnace.
Where hydrogen is built into helium at a temperature of millions of degrees.

The sun is hot.
The sun is so hot, that everything on it is a gas, copper, iron, aluminum on the surface of the sun are all gas.

The sun is large.
The sun is so large, a million earths could fit inside, and yet the sun's just a middle-sized star.

The sun is far away.
Its about 93 million miles away, and thats why it looks so small!
But even when its out of sight, it shines night and day.

The sun gives light.
The sun gives heat.
The sunlight that we see.
The sunlight comes from our own sun's atomic energy.

[Scientists have found that the sun is a huge atom-crushing machine. The heat and light of the sun are caused by the nuclear reactions between hydrogen, Carbon, Nitrogen, and helium!]

The sun is mass of incandescent gas, a gigantic nuclear furnace.
Where hydrogen is built into helium at a temperature of millions of degrees.

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weird weird weird | Reviewer: chris | 7/14/2007

my science teacher played 2 versions of this song for my class. one was live which everyone loved. and then there was the regular version which everybody hated. either way i thought it was very strange. and i've heard other songs buy they might be giants such as don't leat's start, birdhouse in your soul, instuble not constible or somthin ,and take out the trash. weird weird weird.

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Heehee | Reviewer: Aaron | 6/7/2007

This would go great as a documentary about the sun for a school project!

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Nice lyrics | Reviewer: Vicki | 4/19/2007

I'm a big fan of TMBG and that's my favorite song.

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