Ode to Stars
Original lyrics penned 1993, © 2004 by Jim Nelson
tune of Ode to Joy
The twinkling of the stars at night cause questions,
I am serious
What exactly is a star's life cycle?
I am curious
How are stars born? How do they die-eye? What are they made of? What is light?
Is there really such a thing as black holes, what are neh-bew-lie?
We think stars are born of clouds of dust that there in space reside
From a swirling mass of heat and matter there young stars abide
Light is a form of en-er-gee-ee, radee-ee-ayeting into space
From hy-droe-gen atoms fused together 'neath a star's surface
Our sun is a Gee-ee tye-ipe star, a normal yellow ball.
Even though its middle aged it keeps on shining down on all.
It continues to ray-diate en-er-er-gy thru few-oo-shun
Someday in the far and distant future Time may change our Sun
B'fore old stars collapse upon themselves they form a Red Giant
As they cool they shrink until they form a tiny White Dwarf
Black Holes must exist far in space and are so-o dense they pull in light
We'think Black Holes are stars which lost their fusion but gained density
Some stars end their lives in a grand manner most spectacular
A huge explosion rips the star apart, a super no-o-va
What's left over hangs out in spa-ace, glow-eeing like a brilliant cloud
Nebulae form shapes that suggest names like the Crab Nebula
The twinkling of the stars at night cause questions,
I am serious
What exactly is a star's life cycle?
I am curious
How are stars born? How do they die-eye? What are they made of? What is light?
Is there really such a thing as black holes, what are neh-bew-lie?