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· May 5, 2026
Science Songwave
The Green Machine
A Song About Photosynthesis
The Green Machine
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A Song About Photosynthesis
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Sitting in the garden, with my roots down in the ground
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Feeling kind of hungry with no food to be found
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But then the sun comes peeking, a golden, glowing ray
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My little leaves start reaching up, it's time to start the day
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I take a long deep drink of water, through my roots and stem
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And breathe the air you breathe right out, I breathe it in again
0:31
Gimme sunlight, gimme water, gimme CO2!
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That's the recipe for energy, it's what the green things do
0:41
We're a chemical reaction, a sweet and simple feast
0:47
Making sugar for our power, and oxygen released!
0:52
We're the green machine, oh, the green machine!
0:57
Turning light into the greatest power you've ever seen!
1:02
Inside every single leaf are worlds you cannot see
1:08
Tiny little factories all working hard for me
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They're called the chloroplasts, they're the engines of the cell
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And the chlorophyll's the pigment, that's how you can always tell
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It's the stuff that makes us green and it's a perfect solar trap
1:29
It catches all the photons and there is no turning back
1:34
Gimme sunlight, gimme water, gimme CO2!
1:39
That's the recipe for energy, it's what the green things do
1:44
We're a chemical reaction, a sweet and simple feast
1:49
Making sugar for our power, and oxygen released!
1:55
We're the green machine, oh, the green machine!
2:00
Turning light into the greatest power you've ever seen!
2:05
You might think this little process is only about a tree
2:10
But from the apple that you're eating, to the air that sets you free
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It all starts here, a quiet miracle you can't see
2:21
We're the bottom of the food chain, we're the reason you can breathe
2:26
Gimme sunlight, gimme water, gimme CO2!
2:31
That's the recipe for energy, it's what the green things do
2:37
We're a chemical reaction, a sweet and simple feast
2:42
Making sugar for our power, and oxygen released!
2:47
We're the green machine, oh, the green machine!
2:52
Turning light into the greatest power you've ever seen!
