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Song: You Can Tell It's a Cell

view and print lyrics: You Can Tell It's a Cell
written by J.P. Taylor ~ accompaniment track by Mr. Rojas


1) You can tell it's a cell by the way it looks
When it's under a microscope or in a book
It may be an animal or a plant it's true
But I know it's a cell, cause I see all the clues

(chorus) You can tell (Yes, you can tell)
You can tell it's a cell (You can tell it’s a cell)
Yeah, you can tell (Yes, you can tell)
You can tell it's a cell (You can tell it’s a cell)

2) Now you and I've got a brain, it helps us do what we do
It helps with walkin' and talkin' and eatin' our food
And cells need one too, to keep 'em stayin' alive
It's called a NUCLEUS and floats around inside

3) Well CYTOPLASM is that jelly-like goo
That oozes round inside a cell, yeah, it's in you too!
But if there wasn't something there called the CELL MEMBRANE
There'd be cytoplasm everywhere, we'd really complain!

4) Now plant cells are unique, they're really something to see
Yeah they've got a CELL WALL to make 'em stronger, you see
They've got CHLOROPHYLL and CHLOROPLASTS on their list
And they make their own food by PHOTOSYNTHESIS

5) Now cells are really small, yeah, they're hard to see
But look on down through a microscope there they'll be
And you and I are made of cells and so are birds and bees
Just like apples and bananas and the leaves on the trees