Nature's Wild Dance
Nature's Wild Dance includes 16 tracks: "Cycles", "Nature's Wild Dance Party", "The Pink Pig Blues", "Sea Shining Star", "Metamorphosis", "Oh Whale!", "Oh Lovely Butterfly", "Trees", "Parasites", "Mollusks", "Ant Dance (Instrumental)", "Isopod", "Spider", "Photosynthesis", and extended versions of "Oh Lovely Butterfly" and "Sea Shining Star". It's available at the Biology Bob Store on this site, CD Baby, iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, Google Play, Rhapsody and other fine stores.
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CYCLES
GREEN FIXATION SYNTHESIZE DECOMPOSERS HEATED SKIES ANAEROBIC VARIETIES PROTEIN FORMING FACTORIES GIVE ME SOME WATER CARBON DIOXIDE GIVE ME SOME SUNNY SKIES RAIN AND LIGHTNING RESPIRATION DENITRIFYING KINDS SOLAR POWER PHOTO CELLS GLUCOSE MAKING CHLOROPHYLL AMMONIUM NITRIFY COUNTERBALANCE FERTILIZE FOOD PRODUCERS TRUE CONSUMERS DECAYING IN THE SOIL CONVERSION FACTOR ECOSYSTEM TURNS IN EARTH'S TURMOIL CARBON NITROGEN WATER CELL LIFE MIGHTY RIVER FLOWING FREE FEEDING FRENZY CONSTANTLY OZONE LAYER ATMOSPHERE GLOBAL WARMING IT'S SO CLEAR NATURE'S WILD DANCE PARTY TWO LIZARDS PLAYING TRUMPETS ON THE TRUNK OF A TREE THEIR THROATS A THROBBING HEADS A BOBBING LOOK FANCY FREE THE DRAGONFLIES THAT FLY ABOVE ARE FLYING AWAY THE PAPER WASPS ARE SWARMING AND THEY'RE READY TO PLAY CHORUS: IT'S NATURE'S WILD DANCE NATURE'S WILD DANCE NATURE'S WILD DANCE PARTY THE ANTS ARE BUSY GETTING FOOD IT'S TIME FOR THE FEAST THE PRICKLY CATERPILLAR QUICKLY SIGNS THE RELEASE THE SPIDER SPINS ITS TANGLED WEB THE DEW MAKES IT GLOW THE INSTRUMENTS OF MOTHER NATURE TUNE FOR THE SHOW CHORUS THE BUTTERFLIES ARE DOING THEIR DANCE AND FLEAS ARE TAKING A CHANCE THE PRAYING MANTIS IS HAVING A GO AND MAYBE WITH JUST A LITTLE LUCK THE FROGS AND TOADS WILL SHOW THE BUSY BEES THEY WIGGLE WAGGLE DANCE TO THE BEAT * THE CRICKETS GO TO TOWN AND CHIRP WITH WINGS AND NOT FEET THE MILLIPEDES KEEP STUMBLING OVER MULTIPLE GEARS THE ROLY-POLIES ROLL UP WHEN THE MAMMALS APPEAR CHORUS THE PINK PIG BLUES YOU KNOW I'M A PIG I LIKE TO ROLL AROUND IN THE MUD YOU KNOW I'M A PIG I LIKE TO ROLL AROUND IN THE MUD AND WHEN I FALL DOWN I MAKE A REAL BIG THUD I'VE GOT A FUNNY NOSE AND PEOPLE CALL IT A SNOUT I'VE GOT A FUNNY NOSE AND PEOPLE CALL IT A SNOUT AND IF YOU SQUEEZE ME I SQUEAL BECAUSE I CAN'T SHOUT CHORUS: AND I GO OINK OINK OINK OINK OINK OINK OINK OINK! AND I GO OINK OINK OINK OINK OINK OINK OINK OINK! AND NO MATTER WHAT I DO I'VE STILL GOT THE PINK PIG BLUES I'VE GOT SHORT FAT LEGS AND A TEENY WEENY TAIL I'VE GOT SHORT FAT LEGS AND A TEENY WEENY TAIL WELL, I AIN'T NOBODY'S BACON BUT THEN ONLY TIME WILL TELL CHORUS AND HERE COMES THE FARMER HE'S GOT A BUCKET OF SLOP HE'S GONNA FEED ME I'LL EAT AND I WON'T STOP AND THEN I'LL GET REAL DIRTY BUT REALLY I'M QUITE CLEAN I'M JUST A ROLY- POLY GRUNTIN' SNORTIN' EATING MACHINE CHORUS . . . . . SEA SHINING STAR YOU'LL NEVER BELIEVE WHAT I HEARD LAST NIGHT AS I WALKED ALONE UNDER THE OCEAN MOONLIGHT I HEARD A SMALL VOICE I HAD NOT HEARD BEFORE AND AS I MOVED CLOSER I HEARD MORE AND MORE YOU KNOW IT'S HARD TO TELL WHAT HAPPENED NEXT WAS IT IN MY HEAD? THERE WAS THIS SEA STAR TALKING TO ME AND THIS IS WHAT HE SAID CHORUS: “HERE COMES THE OCEAN HERE COMES THE TIDE IT'LL PICK ME UP AND SPIN ME 'ROUND IT'S A SWEET SALT WATER RIDE” HE TOLD ME ABOUT HIS FIVE SPINY ARMS HIS RADIAL SYMMETRY HIS PEDICELLARIAE AND ALL ABOUT HIS TUBE FEET AND GROOVES HIS CLASSIFICATION: ASTEROIDEA AS I LISTENED TO THIS ECHINODERM YOU KNOW I GOT REAL CONCERNED WHAT WAS I TO TELL MY FRIENDS BACK AT SCHOOL WHAT I SAW AND HEARD? CHORUS “THE CURRENTS ARE STRONG THEY’LL CARRY ME FAR AWAY BUT I'LL WASH BACK TO SHORE ONE DAY” YOU'LL NEVER BELIEVE WHAT I HEARD LAST NIGHT AS I WALKED ALONE UNDER THE OCEAN MOONLIGHT I HEARD A SMALL VOICE I HAD NOT HEARD BEFORE AND AS I MOVED CLOSER I HEARD MORE AND MORE YOU KNOW I GOT REAL CONCERNED AS I LISTENED TO THIS ECHINODERM WHAT WAS I TO TELL MY FRIENDS BACK AT SCHOOL WHAT I SAW AND HEARD? CHORUS SEA SHINING STAR . . . . . METAMORPHOSIS GROWING UP ISN'T EASY ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE NOT QUITE ALONE YOU KEEP ON CHANGING CELLS REARRANGING UNTIL YOU'VE BECOME WHAT YOU ARE WHEN YOU'RE GROWN YOU MIGHT BE A BUTTERFLY YOU MIGHT BE A BIG BULL FROG YOU MIGHT BE A FUZZY WUZZY MOTH OR YOU MIGHT BE A BUG ON A LOG OVER AND OVER AGAIN CHANGING AND CHANGING WITHIN OVER AND OVER AGAIN I KEEP CHANGING CHANGING IN CHORUS: EVERY METAMORPHOSIS STARTS FROM A LITTLE EGG SOME ARE INCOMPLETE NOW THEY LEAVE OUT THE MIDDLE STAGE EVEN THOUGH I'M NOT INNOCENT OF EATING EVERYTHING IN MY SIGHT IT'S TIME FOR ME TO GO AWAY BUT I'LL BE BACK ANOTHER DAY WAITING FOR A MIRACLE I FEEL MY DIVISIONS TAKE PLACE AND WHEN I EMERGE AS AN ADULT I'LL GREET THAT DAY WITH A SMILE ON MY FACE OVER AND OVER AGAIN CHANGING AND CHANGING WITHIN OVER AND OVER AGAIN I KEEP CHANGING CHANGING IN CHORUS OVER AND OVER AGAIN CHANGING AND CHANGING WITHIN OVER AND OVER AGAIN I KEEP CHANGING CHANGING IN CHORUS . . . . . OH WHALE! WE ARE THE WHALES WE'RE VERY BIG WE LIVE IN THE DEEP BLUE SEA BUT WE BREATHE AIR AND SOME EAT THINGS THAT YOU CAN'T EVEN SEE “AND YOU MIGHT THINK I'M LIKE A FISH BUT THERE'S MUCH MORE TO BE SAID 'CAUSE IF YOU LOOK FOR MY NOSE IT'S RIGHT ON TOP OF MY HEAD” CHORUS: OH WHALE! IT'S BETTER TO BE BIGGER WHEN WE GO LOBTAILING IN THE SEA OH WHALE! IT'S BETTER TO BE BIGGER THAT'S THE WAY IT IS AND HOW IT SHOULD BE I MIGHT BE GRAY I MIGHT BE BLUE MAYBE RIGHT OR HUMPBACK TOO THE BREACHING AND THE SOUNDING DONE ARE IMPORTANT THINGS WE DO 'CAUSE ALL'S NOT WELL IN OUR WORLD THERE'S DANGER ALL AROUND BUT MOST OF ALL IT'S FROM MANKIND THE SHIPS ECHO THAT SOUND CHORUS YOU DON'T NEED THE THINGS YOU TAKE FOR GREED LIVING FREE iS HOW WE WANT TO BE REPEAT 1st VERSE CHORUS . . . . . OH LOVELY BUTTERFLY SHINING BRIGHTLY ON A WARM SUNNY DAY YOU’LL SOON EMERGE AND START TO SOAK UP THE RAYS HOLDING ON YOU DRY OFF YOUR WINGS AS YOU SWING AND SWAY YOU GENTLY RISE UP AND FLY AWAY YOU FIRST BEGAN BY HATCHING FROM A SMALL EGG BECAME A CATERPILLAR WITH MANY LEGS EATING LEAVES YOU GREW AND GREW UNTIL YOU BECAME SLOWLY ENCASED FOR A CHANGE CHORUS: OH LOVELY BUTTERFLY YOUR BEAUTY PAINTS THE SKY WITH SPECKS OF MOVING COLORS YOU LAND TO FAN OUT YOUR WINGS YOUR TINY SIX LEGS CLING WHILE YOU FEED ON THE FLOWERS AND EVEN THOUGH YOU’RE NOT HERE FOR TOO LONG THE WORLD GETS BRIGHTER THEN YOU’RE GONE OH LOVELY OH LOVELY BUTTERFLY FLY HOME FLYING WITH THE WIND YOU MOVE THROUGH THE SKY CLEAR AND FREE YOU NEED NOT ASK WHY HOW THE WORLD CAN HIDE HER SMILE? FOR WHEN YOU PASS BY THE BLUES DISAPPEAR FOR A WHILE CHORUS WHEN YOU WERE VERY YOUNG I CARED FOR THE PLANTS THAT YOU ATE YOU TOOK SOME TIME TO CHANGE BUT YOU KNOW IT WAS WELL WORTH THE WAIT CHORUS . . . . . OH LOVELY BUTTERFLY FLY HOME DON’T YOU KNOW THE WORLD’S YOUR HOME? |
TREES
GIVING SHADE AND SHELTER AND OXYGEN TO BREATHE TREES THEY MAKE A FINAL STAND WE’RE LOSING WAY TOO MANY PLANTING WAY TOO FEW WE NEED TO MAKE THE WORLD UNDERSTAND OOH FROM UPON THE HILL I CAN HEAR THAT CRACKING SOUND OOH IT MAKES ME SAD WHEN I SEE THEM HIT THE GROUND HIT THE GROUND CHORUS: WHERE WOULD WE BE WITHOUT THEM? WHERE WOULD WE BE? STOP CUTTING DOWN THE FORESTS WHY CAN’T THEY SEE? WHERE WOULD WE BE WITHOUT TREES? BURNING TREES AND LEAVES WE’VE GOT TO MAKE THEM STOP WE NEED TO BUILD OUR HOUSES OUT OF CLAY TREES DON’T LIVE FOREVER NEITHER YOU OR I BUT WE CAN MAKE FOR A BETTER DAY OOH FROM UPON THE HILL I CAN HEAR THAT CRACKING SOUND OOH IT MAKES ME SAD WHEN I SEE THEM HIT THE GROUND HIT THE GROUND CHORUS . . . . . PARASITES DON’T GO WALKING BAREFOOT IN A BARNYARD YOU MAY GET A PARASITIC WORM IT’LL CRAWL IN BETWEEN YOUR TOE NAILS AND INTO YOUR BLOODSTREAM THEN YOU’LL GET SO SICK YOU’LL WANT TO SCREAM YOU’LL WISH IT WAS A REAL BAD DREAM STAY AWAY FROM RAW BEEF, PORK AND FISH MAKE SURE YOUR MOM SERVES YOU A WELL-COOKED DISH TAPEWORMS MAY LOOK COOL BUT THEY’RE NO FUN AT ALL AND LIVER FLUKES MAY KEEP YOU FROM THE MALL YOU’LL FEEL LIKE YOU’VE HIT A BIG BRICK WALL CHORUS: PARASITES OH! PARASITES THEY’LL MAKE YOU ITCH THEY’LL MAKE YOU SQUIRM YOUR TUMMY HURTS YOUR EYES THEY BURN OH! PARASITES YOU BETTER WATCH OUT WHEN YOU TRAVEL OVERSEAS YOU COULD RETURN WITH AN UNFAMILIAR DISEASE THAT INSECT BITE ON YOUR FACE STARTS TO MOVE AROUND THE DOCTOR CUTS A SLIT LOOK WHAT HE’S FOUND? HE PULLS IT OUT AND SAYS IT’S ROUND CHORUS NEMATODES, FLATWORMS, FUNGI FLEAS AND TICKS, EAR MITES, HEAD LICE CHORUS . . . . . MOLLUSKS SNAIL I CRAWL THROUGH THE GARDEN I DON'T CARE HOW SLOW I GO IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER THAT MUCH TO ME AS LONG AS MY RADULA FEEDS YEAH! CHORUS: SOFT-BODIED GASTROPODS HEAD-FOOTED CEPHALOPODS TO NAME A FEW BIVALVE MEANS TWO WE'RE MOLLUSKS HOW 'BOUT YOU? CLAM I'VE GOT A MANTLE THAT MAKES MY SHELL AND I'VE GOT A VISCERAL MASS AND A FOOT THAT MOVES ME WELL YEAH! CHORUS HOLDING ON TO YOU IS VERY EASY AND SOME OF US ARE REALLY QUITE SEDENTARY OCTOPUS I DON'T KNOW WHY I SEEM SO SHY 'CAUSE “SNEAKY INKY” IS MY GAME I'VE GOT EIGHTS ARMS AND SOME WATER JETS AND “HEAD-FOOTED” IS MY NAME YEAH! CHORUS . . . . . ANT DANCE (INSTRUMENTAL) ISOPOD LOOK UNDER THE BRICK WHAT DO YOU SEE? A DARK GRAY BUG THAT HAS MANY LEGS AND LIVES AS A DREG AND COMES FROM AN EGG I MIGHT LOOK REAL FUNNY WITH MY SWIMMERETS BUT THEY’RE WELL-ADAPTED TO BREATHE IN THE AIR THEY MAKE ME AWARE HIDING UNDER BRICKS AND THINGS I’M SO COOL BUT SO VERY STRANGE CHORUS: YOU KNOW I’M AN ISOPOD AN ISOPOD ROLY-POLY SOMETIMES I’M CALLED YOU KNOW I’M AN ISOPOD AN ISOPOD AND IF YOU BUG ME I ROLL UP IN A BALL AND IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY THEN YOU’LL CLEARLY SEE I HAVE MANY FRIENDS WHO ARE LIVING WITH ME PLEASE LET US BE WHY CAN’T YOU SEE? THOUGH NO ONE CAN HEAR US WE’RE SINGING THIS SONG HOPING THAT YOU WILL LEAVE US ALONE JUST MOVE ON ALONG FEEDING ON DECAYED ORGANIC MATERIAL IT’S SO REAL AND SUCH A GREAT MEAL CHORUS DARK, MOIST, TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS I LIVE CAN’T CONSERVE H2O MY GENUS NAME IS ARMADILLIDIUM AND EVEN THOUGH THERE’S MUCH MORE TO SAY I’D RATHER HIDE HERE AND STAY VERY STILL AND LOOK LIKE A PILL I LIKE HOW IT FEELS IT’S NOT A BIG DEAL CHORUS CHORUS YOU KNOW I’M AN ISOPOD SPIDER STEP INSIDE MY FRESH SPUN WEB I AM HUNGRY NOW SO I MUST EAT YOU WON'T EVEN FEEL A THING MY FANGS SINK IN AND THEN YOU'LL FALL ASLEEP OOH YEAH! HERE COMES ONE NOW I'LL CATCH HIM QUICK AND THIS IS HOW CHORUS: BOY THIS IS YOUR LUCKY DAY! BOY THIS IS YOUR LUCKY DAY! HEY! HEY! I'M A SPIDER CAN'T YOU TELL I LOOK REAL SCARY AND I MIGHT AS WELL 'CAUSE NO ONE SEEMS TO LIKE MY STYLE I KEEP MY VICTIMS IN A NICE NEAT PILE OOH YEAH! HERE COMES ONE NOW I'LL CATCH HIM QUICK AND THIS IS HOW CHORUS OH NO! OH YES! I'VE GOT EIGHT LEGS AND FUNNY EYES TWO BODY PARTS AND I CAN PARALYZE IF YOU'LL JUST COME UP REAL REAL CLOSE, I KNOW YOU'LL BE SURPRISED! REPEAT 1st VERSE CHORUS . . . . . BOY THIS IS YOUR LUCKY DAY! HEY! HEY! PHOTOSYNTHESIS THE NIGHT IS PASSING BY A FATE I CAN'T DENY AND WHEN MORNING COMES I'LL OPEN UP MY LEAVES AND PHOTOSYNTHESIZE TODAY'S A LUCKY DAY THE SUN IS ON ITS WAY AND WHEN THE LIGHT SHINES DOWN YOU KNOW I WILL RESPOND AND CHASE THE BLUES AWAY CHORUS: WAITING FOR THE SUNRISE OH WAITING FOR THE SUN TO SHINE IT'S A PROCESS I CAN'T HIDE REACTIONS ON THE INSIDE AND I HELP THE WORLD TO BREATHE WITH WHAT I DO A SERVICE I PROVIDE MY ROOTS ARE UNDERGROUND BUT THAT CAN'T HOLD ME DOWN WITH THE ENERGY THAT FLOWS THROUGH EVERY CELL WILL KEEP ME HANGING 'ROUND CHORUS AND WITH THE DEW THE RAYS COME THROUGH I CAN FEEL THE POWER AND WITH THE SUN THE MORNING COMES I CAN MAKE MY FLOWER CHORUS . . . . . BONUS TRACKS: OH LOVELY BUTTERFLY (EXTENDED VERSION) SEA SHINING STAR (EXTENDED VERSION) Words and Music by Robert Everett “Biology Bob”. All rights reserved. Recorded and mixed by Robert Everett. Cover art and illustrations by Darleen Hunt. Photo by Susan Verberg. * It's a common myth, made popular by movies, that crickets chirp with their back legs. They really use combs on their wings. The CD version of this song uses the back feet as the rhyme, but it's really the wings and only the males chirp. Teachers, use this as a teachable moment.  THE PINK PIG BLUES   CAN YOU MATCH THE ABOVE ILLUSTRATIONS TO THEIR SONGS? © 2013 Robert Everett All rights reserved.  MM 004CD BIOLOGY BOB: NATURE'S WILD DANCE |