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R-E-C-Y-C-L-E

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Children's Music

R-E-C-Y-C-L-E was released on January 1, 1994 by Gadfly Records as a part of the album Zag Zig

Song Details

Release DateJanuary 1, 1994

LabelGadfly Records

LanguageEnglish

Melodicness

Acousticness

Valence

Danceability

Energy

OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Tom Chapin

Performer

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Tom Chapin

Songwriter

Michael Mark

Songwriter

Lyrics

A stegosaurus in the forest

Munching on some hay

Lay down to snooze in a bed of ooze

And sadly passed away

Her body changed and rearranged

As she sank beneath the soil

And over time she turned into slime

And then she turned to oil

So she disappears for a jillion years

'Till finally she is found

By a guy named Bill with an oil drill

Who sucks her from the ground

Bill pipes that poor old dinosaur

To an oil refinery

Where they bubble and boil and change that oil

Into stuff for you and me

R-E-C-Y-C-L-E

That's the way it's s'posed to be

The Earth recycles, and so do we

R-E-C-Y-C-L-E

From the late Jurassic, it's fantastic

How our dino-friend

Has now become a petroleum

And still, that's not the end

With dino-juice, they now produce

A million plastic jugs

And stegosaurus drinking straws

And stegosaurus mugs

R-E-C-Y-C-L-E

That's the way it's s'posed to be

The Earth recycles, and so do we

R-E-C-Y-C-L-E

That's the way the system works

Things don't disappear:

We turn sand into window glass

And roots into root beer

We cut and mine, and we refine

And make these things, and then

Use 'em not just once, not just twice

But again and again

And again and again and again

And if a dinosaur could see us pouring

Orange juice this way

From a plastic jug we made of her

Well, this is what she'd say:

“It took me 80 million years

To get to you today;

So don't throw that mug, don't throw that jug

Don't you throw me away…”

R-E-C-Y-C-L-E

That's the way it's s'posed to be

We're just a link in the chain of history

R-E-C-Y-C-L-E

R-E-C-Y-C-L-E

That's the way it's s'posed to be

Hey, I recycled this melody

R-E-C-Y-C-L-E, use it again

R-E-C-Y-C-L-E, and again

R-E-C-Y-C-L-E

Written by: Michael Mark, Tom Chapin

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