FUNGI SONG

LYRICS

There’s fungus on my pizza,

And there’s fungus in my bread,
I’m not eating that for dinner,

I’ll head straight-off to bed…
I was ready for a snack,

Now I’m making a retreat!
‘Cause that fungus that’s among us,

Isn’t what I want to eat!

Wait a minute —
slow down,
Let’s get something straight,
They’re not always doing bad,
Fungus can be great,
They decompose our stuff,
The things we left behind,
So remember there’s good Fungi,
You should say it all the time!

There’s a fungus that’s among us,
That likes to decompose,
There’s a fungus that’s among us,
That can help the green plants grow,
There’s a fungus that’s among us,
And it’s not all bad you see,
Good fungus all around us,
One, two, three…

Fungi aren’t plants,
They don’t photosynthesize!
No chlorophyll inside ‘em,
You gotta’ realize,

No sunlight’s really needed,

Can’t synthesize their food,
That’s a scientific fact!
They’re in a decomposing mood…

Not plants, not trees,

Not flowers in a row,

They live in their own kingdom —

That’s how the science goes!

There’s a fungus that’s among us,
That likes to decompose,
There’s a fungus that’s among us ,
That can help the green plants grow,
There’s a fungus that’s among us,
And it’s not all bad you see,
Good fungus all around us,
One, two, three…

Spores floating through the air,

Landing everywhere,
Landing in my sandwich —

Hey! How’d you get on there?
Sprouting up from spores, 
They don’t come from seeds like trees,
They aren’t like green plants,
Fungi, growing where they please,
And for every mushroom pizza,

And for the yeast that makes dough rise,
I thank the world of fungi,
‘Cause it helps in our lives..
There’s a fungus that’s among us,
That likes to decompose,
There’s a fungus that’s among us,
That can help the green plants grow,
There’s a fungus that’s among us,
And it’s not all bad you see,
Good fungus all around us,
One, two, three…