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Clean Machine Lyrics by Tom Chapin

This Pretty Planet

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Put a windmill on a cliff
Where the breeze is always stiff
As the winds blow
'Round the sails go:
Clean machine, clean machine
A clean machine is a powerful dream
And a whole lot closer than it might seem
It's time we start learning
That a windmill turning
From an air mass churning
It's a clean machine, it's a clean machine
Where a waterfall cascades
Put a waterwheel with blades
As the stream flows
'Round the wheel goes:
Clean machine, clean machine
A clean machine is a powerful dream
And a whole lot closer than it might seem
When the water flowing
Gets a turbine going
And gets a light bulb glowing
It's a clean machine, it's a clean machine
And instead of gasoline
Put solar cells in your limousine
Let the Big Bang
Drive your Mustang!
Clean machine, clean machine
A clean machine is a powerful dream
And a whole lot closer than it might seem
Or how 'bout treating
The sun that's beating
As a source of heating?
It's a clean machine, it's a clean machine
Harness in the motion of the waves in the ocean
It's a clean machine
The power of the lava from volcanoes down in Java
Make a clean machine
When an air mass churning sets a windmill turning
It's a clean machine
And the sun that's beating is a source of heating
It's a clean machine
When the water flowing gets a turbine going
That's a clean machine
Credits
Tom Chapin

Tom Chapin

About “Clean Machine” by Tom Chapin

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"Clean Machine" is credited to Tom Chapin. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"Clean Machine" appears on "This Pretty Planet".

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