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THE ATOM CONNECTION

Tune: The Rainbow Connection
From: Jim Henson

By Ben Melsky and Chase Kimball
Evanston Township High School
Evanston, IL

Why are there so many
Songs about compounds?
and why are they so critical?
Compounds are made up
of things called atoms
and atoms are smaller than small. .

Dalton told us this and we chose to believe it
We know he's right wait and see. .

Someday we'll find it
the atom connection
It\'s part of the chem-mystery. .

Who said that atoms
can be grouped and organized
Despite how they seem to appear
Mendeleev thought of that
and someone believed it
Look what it's done so far. .

Why do we keep looking at the same old table
And what do we think we might see? .

Someday we'll find it
the atom connection
It's part of the chem-mystery. .

How do we get substances
We know that it's probably bonding. .

Atoms have electrons
That orbit its nucleus
The orbitals cross paths and then
The electrons are shared between all the atoms
It happens again and again. .

In spite of all that we know already
There's still lots that we've yet to see. .

Someday we'll find it
The atom connection
It's part of the chem-mystery.

La da da dee da da do
La la da da de da de do. .