Why Does the Sun Shine? (The Sun Is a Mass of Incandescent Gas)

I've submitted the corrected lyrics, but I think this "we have to pass this by the copyright owners" is a nonsense excuse for negligence, especially as the lyrics up there were just randomly submitted by some rando anyway. And they're WAY off.

The correct lyrics are:

The sun is a 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 a 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 It's about ninety-three million miles away And that's why it looks so small!

But even when it's out of sight It shines both night and day

The sun gives heat The sun gives light 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 reaction between hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, and helium

The sun is a mass of incandescent gas A gigantic nuclear furnace Where hydrogen is built into helium At a temperature of millions of degrees

This is not a comment, but yet a few notes:

Live versions of this song are improvised extensively. Some variants on this section:

Scientists have found that the sun is a huge atom-smashing machine. The heat and light of the sun are caused by the nuclear reaction between hydrogen, nitrogen, carbon, and helium.

Scientists have found that the sun is a huge atom-smashing machine. The heat and light from the sun come from the nuclear reaction between oxygen, hydrogen, helium, and hydrogen.

You know, Frank, scientists have found that the sun is a huge atom-smashing machine. The heat and light from the sun are caused by the nuclear reaction between hydrogen and you, Frank O'Toole.

Scientists have found that the sun is a huge atom-smashing machine. The heat and light from the sun come from the nuclear reaction between hydrogen, nitrogen, helium, carbon, boron, chloron, fluoron, moron, and estrogen.

Lately, John's been taking a minimalist path with that lyric in their shows, insisting that the heat and light of the sun come from the nuclear reaction between estrogen, estrogen, estrogen, and more estrogen.

this song=most addictive song ever. Also, it was very helpful on my astronomy final grin.

Addictive, YES. I spent an entire two week period working in Cable, singing it from house to house, on the 2-way radios, under my breath while on poles... out on hikes, jogs, and at the park.

This song is taken almost word-for-word from a children's science album hailing from the late 1950s to early 1960s.

This song reminds me of like a stage play in an American primary school. I can just imagine some kid hanging from the ceiling and floating across the top of the stage, wearing a big yellow ball costume. It's a very helpful song when it comes to science tests!! Q7: What do stars burn to produce light and heat?

when i was in 7th grade my science teacher played this song on a cd player and made us all sing along after he passed out the lyrics haha Mr. S. :-)

its the ultimate new age paganistic sun worship song!!!!!1!!!one!!!

its the ultimate new age paganistic sun worship song!!!!!1!!!one!!!