They Might Be Giants - Why Does The Sun Shine (The Sun Is A Mass Of Incandescent Gas) LYRICS

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



"It is so hot that everything on it is a gas. Iron, copper, aluminium, and many others."



The sun is large.



"If the sun were hollow, a million Earths could fit inside, and yet the sun is only a middle-sized star."



The sun is far away



"About ninety-three million miles away, and that's why it looks so small."



And even when it's out of sight, the sun shines 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-smashing machine. The heat and light of the sun come from the nuclear reactions of 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