Sunlight Symphony

Picture a leaf, a tiny green kitchen, no stove in sight Just sittin' there, soaking up rays of the morning light It's getting thirsty, so the roots drink water from the ground And breathes in the air that you and I are breathing all around It's got the ingredients, a secret recipe, you see To cook up a feast from just H2O and CO2, for free It's photosynthesis, yeah, you heard it right A little green magic, turning sun into might With chlorophyll power, a drop of the rain It makes its own sugar, and starts all over again Breathe in the carbon, breathe out the air

It's the sunlight symphony, happening everywhere! Inside the leaf, there are tiny green cells working hard on the clock They're called the chloroplasts, a solar-powered building block They trap the sun's power, a little packet of pure energy And use it to break down the water and air, chemically The carbon and hydrogen, they snap 'em together in a chain A molecule of glucose, sweet energy inside its veins It's photosynthesis, yeah, you heard it right A little green magic, turning sun into might With chlorophyll power, a drop of the rain It makes its own sugar, and starts all over again

Breathe in the carbon, breathe out the air It's the sunlight symphony, happening everywhere! And what's the leftover? The part it doesn't need? A little gift for us, a truly selfless deed It's oxygen, O2, the very air we need to live That's the beautiful cycle, the ultimate give From the tallest redwood to the moss on a stone This process is feeding the world, we're never alone It's photosynthesis, yeah, you heard it right A little green magic, turning sun into might With chlorophyll power, a drop of the rain

It makes its own sugar, and starts all over again Breathe in the carbon, breathe out the air It's the sunlight symphony, happening everywhere!