The Water Cycle
lyrics copyright Jim Nelson (2011)
to the tune of "Oh Susannah"
There is some stuff we need for life, without it we would die
We drink it down, and when we frown it makes the tears we cry
Oh my, Water, you mean so much to me
You’re in the sky, you’re in the ground, you make the deep blue sea
When H2O gets heated, the molecules will quake
Once they get the energy they make a good fast-break
Evaporation, it happens all the time
Water turns to vapor then floats up into the sky
Just like an ice-cold cola on a sunny summer day
When the can gets wet outside, the droplets drip away
Condensation, when air begins to cool
Forms tiny water droplets which make clouds, the sky to rule
The clouds can get too heavy with the droplets that they hold
Whenever that is happening, the droplets get real bold
Precipitation, clouds sometimes have to go
When they dump their contents it will rain, or hail, or snow
Once precipitation finally reaches to the ground
And all the snow is melted and the rain is finally down
Runoff and groundwater, downhill begins to stream
Carried down by gravity from mountains to the sea
And so you see we find ourselves right where it all began
Saltwater in the oceans...fresh streams 'n lakes on land
Evaporation, it’s happening again
The Water Cycle never ends, on that you can depend