The Expansion Song
Words by Jordin Kare © 1980
TTTO It's a Small World by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman

          C                    G
Now we've lived on Earth for a long, long time,
                               C
Since we crawled up out of the primal slime,
                                F
And we firmly believe that it's time we should leave,
              G                 C
'Cause it's a small world after all.


Chorus (after every verse):
                        G
     It's a small world after all,
                    C
     We're not satisfied at all,
                        F
     We'll go build one not so small
             G            C
     As this small, small world.

So we built a cylinder five miles long,
With a thick steel shell so it's nice and strong,
And it keeps us alive, as we float at L-Five,
But it's a small world after all.

Then we went to some stars, where it's fairly warm,
And we found some planets to terraform,
But the process is slow, and it costs too much dough
For each small, small world.

So we sliced up Jupiter, built a ring,
And although it's surely a lovely thing,
Though it's flat and it's wide, we won't all fit inside.
It's too small for us after all.

Now we've got ourselves a whole Dyson sphere,
But the way we're growing, it's clear, I fear,
That before very long there'll be more to this song.
It's a small sphere after all!