[Verse 1] Eleven's Na, sodium, but don't you say the N Latin tongue called it natrium way back then Soft as putty, silver skin, slice it with a knife Toss it in the water, watch it spark up half your life Twelve steps up to Mg, magnesium so bright Burns a blinding ribbon, camera-flash white light Light as a whisper but he's holding up the frame Bike wheel, laptop shell, all singing his name [Verse 2] Thirteen's the alligator, Aluminium in foil Wraps your leftovers, refuses ever to spoil Say it British, say it American, either way it's true Aluminum or Aluminium, silver-skinned and smooth Fourteen, Si, silicon, sand dressed up like glass Metalloid middleman, half a conductor, no outclass Every chip inside your phone been whispering his name Quartz and silicon circuits running the same game [Verse 3] Fifteen, phosphorus, glowing pale after dark Matchstick trigger finger, bone's quiet watermark Handle with some caution, he ignites at a touch That's the pink soda sippin', careful — not too much Sixteen, sulfur yellow, rotten-egg perfume Volcano's stinky cousin, brimstone haunts the room Vulcanize the rubber, sulfur's holding down the funk Nasty in the best way, riding shotgun in the trunk [Verse 4] Seventeen, chlorine, greenish gas, don't you dare inhale Bleach it, clean the pool, but respect the toxic tale Halogen with sticky fingers, always snatching charge Clearly arrogant, grabbing electrons at large Eighteen closes noble, Argon, calm and cool Won't react with nothing, breaks the mixing rule Filling up the lightbulb, keeping tungsten alive Row three shuts the door now, eleven through eighteen thrive [Verse 5] Count the shells, three deep, electrons stacking high Eight across the row now, watch the pattern multiply Metal, metal, metal, then the in-between Nonmetal, nonmetal, halogen, noble sheen From the sodium spark to the argon hush Row three tells the story of the periodic rush Same old pattern climbing every level up the chart Chemistry's a language and this row's the counting part [Bridge] Sodium water bomb, Magnesium flash Aluminum foil hustle, Silicon cash Phosphorus glow strike, Sulfur's funky cloud Chlorine grab tight, Argon silent and proud [Chorus] Nasty Magic Alligators, sippin' pink soda down Clearly arrogant, strutting round this periodic town Row three, eleven through eighteen, that's the truth Na Mg Al Si P S Cl Ar, that's the tooth [Outro] Eleven to eighteen, locked inside your brain Nasty Magic Alligators riding that refrain Eight elements deep, row three closed the door Chunk two complete now — step on up for more [Chorus] Nasty Magic Alligators, sippin' pink soda down Clearly arrogant, strutting round this periodic town Row three, eleven through eighteen, that's the truth Na Mg Al Si P S Cl Ar, that's the tooth
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