Schoolhouse Rock!

"Lovely Lady Liberty With her book of recipes And the finest one she's got Is the great American melting pot. The great American melting pot."

"You simply melt right in, It doesn't matter what your skin. It doesn't matter where you're from, Or your religion, you jump right in To the great American melting pot. The great American melting pot. Ooh, what a stew, red, white, and blue."

"One thing you will discover When you get next to one another Is everybody needs some elbow room, elbow room."

"It's nice when you're kinda cozy, but Not when you're tangled nose to nosey, oh, Everybody needs some elbow, needs a little elbow room."

"That's how it was in the early days of the U.S.A. The people kept a comin' to settle though The east was the only place there was to go."

"The president was Thomas Jefferson. He made a deal with Napoleon. How'd you like to sell a mile or two, (or three or a hundred or a thousand?)"

"Oh, elbow room, elbow room, Got to, got to get us some elbow room. It's the west or bust, In God we trust. There's a new land out there... Louis and Clark volunteered to go, Good bye, good luck, wear your overcoat! They prepared for good times and for bad (and for bad), They hired Sacajawea to be their guide. She led them all across the countryside."

"Ooh, there's gonna be fireworks (Fireworks!) On the Fourth of July (red, white, and blue!) Red, white, and blue fireworks Like diamonds in the sky. (diamonds in the sky!) We're gonna shoot the entire works on fireworks That really show, oh yeah, We declared our liberty two hundred years ago. Yeah!"

"In 1776 (fireworks!) There were fireworks too(red, white, and blue!) The original colonists, You know their tempers blew (They really blew!) Like Thomas Paine once wrote: It's only common sense(only common sense) That if a government don't give you your basic rights You'd better get another government."

"And though some people tried to fight it, Well, a committee was formed to write it: Benjamin Franklin, Philip Livingston, John Adams, Roger Sherman, Thomas Jefferson, They got it done (Oh yes they did!) The Declaration, uh-huh-huh, The Declaration of Independence (Oh yeah!) In seventeen hundred seventy six (Right on!) The Continental Congress said that we were free (We're free!) Said we had the right of life and liberty, ...And the pursuit of happiness!"

"Mother Necessity With her good intentions, Where would this country be Without her inventions?"

"Orville, Wilbur, go outside this minute, and there continue with your silly playin'. Take those plans and take those blueprints! Take that funny lookin' thing Take that wheel, take that wing! I can't hear a thing that Mrs. Johnson's sayin'!"

"When Robert Fulton made the steamboat go, When Marconi gave us wireless radio, When Henry Ford cranked up his first automo, When Samuel Slater showed us how the factories go, And all the iron and oil and coal and steel and Yankee don't you know, They made this country really grow, grow, grow, grow, With Mother Necessity and where would we be Without the inventions of your progeny?"

"Guess I got the idea right here at school. Felt like a fool when they called my name, Talkin' about the government and how it's arranged, Divided in three like a circus. Ring one, Executive, Two is Legislative, that's Congress. Ring three, Judiciary. See it's kind of like my circus, circus."

"Helpin' wash the dishes And I drop a cup. Why does everything fall down Instead of up? Ridin' up a hill I spill And hit the ground. Wish I could fall up instead of always falling down."

"I'm a victim of gravity. Everything keeps fallin' down on me. No matter where I go That forces that I know, Just a pullin' me down, down, down, down, down. It's all around town now, It's like a magnet deep inside the ground. When I lift something up, I can feel it pulling down."

"They say our solar system is centered 'round the sun, Nine planets, large and small, parading by. But somewhere out in space, There's another shining face That you might see some night up in the sky. Interplanet Janet, she's a galaxy girl, A solar system Ms. from a future world, She travels like a rocket with her comet team And there's never been a planet Janet hasn't seen, No, there's never been a planet Janet hasn't seen."

"She's been to the Sun, it's a lot of fun, It's a hot-spot, It's a gas. Hydrogen and helium in a big, bright, glowing mass. It's a star, it's a star! So Janet got an autograph!"

"Mercury was near the Sun so Janet stopped by, But the mercury on Mercury was much too high, So Janet split for Venus, but on Venus, she found She couldn't see a thing for all the clouds around. Earth looked exciting, kind of green and inviting, So Janet thought she'd give it a go. But the creatures on that planet looked so very weird to Janet, She didn't even dare to say hello."

""It's a bird!" "It's a plane!" "Why, it must be a UFO!" But it was Interplanet Janet. She's a galaxy girl, A solar system Ms. from a future world She travels like a rocket with her comet team And there's never been a planet Janet hasn't seen No, there's never been a planet Janet hasn't seen."

"Mars is red and Jupiter's big And Saturn shows off its rings. Uranus is built on a funny tilt And Neptune is its twin, And Pluto, little Pluto, is the farthest planet from the Sun."

"They say our solar system is not alone in space. The Universe has endless mysteries. Some future astronaut May find out that what he'd thought Was a shooting star instead turned out to be... Interplanet Janet, she's a galaxy girl, A solar system Ms. from a future world, She travels like a rocket with her comet team. And there's never been a planet Janet hasn't seen, No, there's never been a planet Janet hasn't seen!"

"I'm a machine, you're a machine Everybody that you know You know, they are machines. To keep your engine running you need energy For your high-powered, revved-up body machine. Your high-powered, revved-up body machine."

"There's a great new craze that's sweeping the nation Come on, do the Circulation! It starts with your heart, what a great sensation, Yeah, come do it, circulate! Out through your arteries, in through your veins, Your heart pumps your blood then it does it again. Come on, everybody, get it on, everybody. Circulation! So come on, everybody, get it on, everybody. Circulation!"

"Energy... Sometimes I think I'm runnin' out of energy Seems like we use an awful lot for Heatin' and lightin' and drivin' Readin' and writin' and jivin' Energy ... You'd think we'd be savin' it up."

"Energy ... We're looking to try and find some new kinds. Energy ... Exploring to try and make a new find. Nuclear and thermal and solar, If we miss we'll get colder and colder. Energy ... We've gotta stop usin' you up."

"Minus bones you're just a blob, Being framework's their main job. All your organs, muscles, too, They need your bones to hold them safe and sound inside for you. Your heart and lungs are tucked away, In there behind your ribs. Those bones have been protecting them Since we were little kids."

"When you're in the dark and you want to see, You need uh... Electricity, Electricity Flip that switch and what do you get? You get uh... Electricity, Electricity Every room can now be lit With just uh... Electricity, Electricity"

"Hey, there's a telegraph line, You got yours and I got mine. It's called the nervous system, And everybody understands Those telegram commands And you know that everybody better listen!"

"The central nervous system Is the brain and the spine. The brain controls the system And the spine is the line. Telegrams come in To tell what's happening to you, Then telegrams go out To tell your body what to do"

"Gotta get me some dollars and sense, Dollars and sense; Them green-back bills with the pictures of the Presidents."

"Here's the song I'm doing, gonna fill in you all about tax. Tax is that familiar melody, simple and true. Hum it if you've earned a dollar or two. Bucks in billions for the government for whatever they do. Anyone who earns a living gives more than a few. So schools can be their best, so our roads will have no cracks; Someone fix those train tracks! I hear you callin' Uncle and I'm payin' my tax."

"We can stop buying groceries, But that might be a mistake; 'Cause eating is a habit I'd be loath to try and break."

"We can stop paying income tax, But they might send me to jail. And if we don't pay the mortgage, Then they'll take our house; Then where would we get our mail?"

"If not for all these bills and taxes, Our income would more than suffice. I feel like a real big cheese Until everybody takes a slice!"

"Well there goes my allowance. I didn't plan ahead. I made some bad choices, and I compared prices too late. I guess I'll have to find a way to earn some more. But that shouldn't be too hard. Maybe I can do an extra household chore; Like wash the car, Or mop the floor, Or maybe help clean up the back yard."

"I still get seven-fifty once a week. But now I learned some money management technique. And I can save enough To buy some real cool stuff. And I made my little fortune so to speak, On only seven-fifty, once a week. That's my allowance. Seven-fifty once a week."

"There's something huge Red, white, and blue That's grazing in D.C. It's gobbling up the taxes That are paid by you and me It doesn't seem to notice We really can't afford The billions that it's costing us To pay its room and board"

"It doesn't roam But seems content To dwell on Capitol Hill As long as trucks keep pulling up With tons of green-back bills We've got to feed the big guy We really can't forget It has an awesome appetite Tyrannosaurus Debt."

"I'll give you this for that That for this We'll make a trade called "barter" I'll give you this for that That for this We'll have it made with barter."

"Today we use cash and spend with ardor But that doesn't mean we don't still barter When a football team needs a pulling guard Or a kid like you is into trading cards."

"Take this for that That for this Bills and coins are smarter But when you pay for that Remember this It all started out with barter."

"You gotta be cool When you're walkin' on Wall Street Like goin' to school You learn a lot every day And this is the rule When you're walkin' on Wall Street Buy low, sell high Take a piece of the pie That's the Wall Street way."

"The check's in the mail The check is in the mail And it ought to be there Tuesday without fail If you have got a bill to pay Or something you need to buy Just write the check and send it off in the mail"