THE
SUN
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 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
THE SUNLIGHT THAT WE
SEE
THE SUNLIGHT COMES
FROM OUR OWN SUN’S
ATOMIC ENERGY.
REPEAT
CHORUS
THE SUN IS HOT……
THE SUN
IS SO HOT THAT EVERTHING ON IT IS A GAS
ALUMINIUM,
COPPER, IRON AND MANY OTHERS (SPOKEN)
THE SUN IS LARGE
IF THE SUN
WERE HOLLOW
A MILLION
EARTHS WOULD FIT INSIDE AND YET
ITS ONLY A
MIDDLE SIZED STAR (SPOKEN)
THE SUN IS FAR AWAY ABOUT 93 MILLION MILES AWAY
AND THAT’S
WHY IT LOOKS SO SMALL
BUT EVEN WHEN IT’S OUT
OF SIGHT
THE SUN SHINES NIGHT
AND DAY.
WE NEED ITS HEAT, WE
NEED ITS LIGHT
THE SUNLIGHT THAT WE
SEE
THE SUNLIGHT COMES
FROM OUR OWN STARS
ATOMIC ENERGY
SCIENTISTS HAVE FOUND
THAT THE SUN IS A HUGE ATOM SMASHING MACHINE.
THE HEAT AND LIGHT OF
THE SUN ARE CAUSED BY THE NUCLEAR REACTIONS
BETWEEN NITROGEN
CARBON AND HELIUM
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