This song, along with 18 other science songs, is available on "What's in the Water?"
Strum a chord or bang a gong
Strike a xylophone
Toot a horn or sing a song
Or blow your slide trombone
Ring a bell—ring a ding ding dong
Make the sound your own
One of the joys
Of making a noise
Is pulsing in the sound zone
Catch the sound wave
Can you feel the good vibrations
Through the airways
Molecules with motivation
How does sound play?
It’s a simple explanation
Things around us vibrate
And the eardrum gets the information
Every noise that you ever hear
Involves a chain reaction
Molecules from there to here
Get bumped into action
When the movement hits your ears
It’s sound satisfaction
One of the joys
Of making a noise
Is understanding the transaction
Vibrating migrating—shizoo—The sound is getting to you
Receiving, perceiving—shizane—Your ear sends the message to your brain
