[Verse 1] Rubidium's so soft it bruises like a peach, Thirty-seven electrons, purple flare within reach, Strontium next, thirty-eight, paints fireworks bloodshot red, Yttrium, thirty-nine, lights phosphor screens instead, Zirconium's the armor, forty, ceramic and cool, Niobium hums forty-one in a superconducting pool, Molybdenum, forty-two, they call it refractory— meaning heat can't melt its will, it laughs at every furnace story. [Chorus] Rabbits stir yogurt, zebras nibble moss, Tacky rubies rhyme while pandas agree the cost, Cod invade the counter, snakes sob, don't ask why, Ten iguanas xerox papers underneath the xenon sky, Row five, thirty-seven to fifty-four, we don't skip a beat, Rubidium to xenon, watch the mnemonic repeat. [Verse 2] Technetium, forty-three, man-made, no home in the ground, First synthetic element, a ghost that echoes sound, Ruthenium and rhodium, forty-four, forty-five, Platinum's cousins, hard as diamonds, barely survive, Palladium, forty-six, soaks hydrogen like a sponge, Silver's forty-seven — argentum — where the mirrors plunge, Argentine shine, that's the word for silver's gleam, Catalytic converters running on this metal team. [Chorus] Rabbits stir yogurt, zebras nibble moss, Tacky rubies rhyme while pandas agree the cost, Cod invade the counter, snakes sob, don't ask why, Ten iguanas xerox papers underneath the xenon sky, Row five, thirty-seven to fifty-four, we don't skip a beat, Rubidium to xenon, watch the mnemonic repeat. [Verse 3] Cadmium, forty-eight, glowing in old batteries, Indium, forty-nine, melts your touchscreen fantasies, Tin is fifty, stannum-named, it solders circuits tight, Antimony, fifty-one, stibium slows the fire's bite, Tellurium, fifty-two, alloyed for strength unseen, Iodine, fifty-three, a violet vapor, sharp and clean, Xenon closes fifty-four, a noble lamp of blue, Row five complete, rubidium clear on through. [Bridge] Say it soft now, say it strong, Argentine silver hums along, Refractory metals hold the flame at bay, While xenon lanterns light the runway. Rubidium — Strontium — Yttrium's glow, Zirconium — Niobium — Molybdenum's row, Technetium — Ruthenium — Rhodium's shine, Palladium — Silver — cross the forty-seven line, Cadmium — Indium — Tin holds the seam, Antimony — Tellurium — Iodine's violet dream, Xenon — fifty-four — the row completes its run. [Chorus] Rabbits stir yogurt, zebras nibble moss, Tacky rubies rhyme while pandas agree the cost, Cod invade the counter, snakes sob, don't ask why, Ten iguanas xerox papers underneath the xenon sky, Row five, thirty-seven to fifty-four, we don't skip a beat, Rubidium to xenon, watch the mnemonic repeat. [Outro] Thirty-seven to fifty-four, locked into your chest, Rabbits, zebras, rubies, pandas, cod and all the rest, Xenon seals the chapter with a soft electric hum— Row five is memorized, the next row's still to come.
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