(G w/ bass notes F B C)

 Look east toward the horizon

 as a brand new day begins.

 Waves of light are arriving,

 the sun's rising and the earth spins.

 The sun falls to the west

 the colors tell the tale,

 of day gone by, the sun has set.

 Now darkness will prevail.


Chorus.            ( A G F)

This is the cycle of day and night.

Light turns to darkness and darkness turns to light.

The sun comes up. The sun goes down.

The Earth revolves around and around.

                                          ( C descending back to G)



Day and Night

by Jeffrey Hale ©2006


The axis runs from north to south.

The planet is shaped like a sphere,

rotating 365 times

around in just one year.


repeat chorus (talk)


( key change to A)



24 hours later the cycle starts again.

Earth rotates on its axis,

from east to west it spins.



A day on the planet Venus is almost beyond belief.

 Over 3 million hours in one day

 and the sun sets in the east.  ( key change back down to G)

 Try to explain this observation.

 would you say that Venus rotates?

 It spins in the opposite direction at a much slower rate.

 

repeat chorus