Melodysheep - The Greatest Show on Earth lyrics

How could one species turn into another?

How is it that we find
Ourselves surrounded by such complexity
Such elegance?

The genes of you and me
They're all made of DNA
We're all made of the same chemicals
DNA - we're all made of DNA

Only the fittest survive and that is the key
Natural Selection that is the key

We are surrounded by endless forms
Most beautiful, most wonderful
Evolution - the greatest show on Earth

There is grandeur in this view of life
Evolution - the greatest show on Earth

The history of life can be thought of
As a many branched tree
The five kingdoms of life
Were established early on

Bacteria protists- amoeba like creatures
Fungi plants
And animals

We find ourselves perched on one tiny twig
In the midst of a blossoming tree of life

We are surrounded by millions
Of other species
Walking, flying, burrowing, stalking
Chasing, fleeing, outpacing

Animals strive to reach this
One ultimate goal
To ensure the survival of the next generation
This one ultimate goal
To pass on their genes
That is what life is all about

As we look back on the history of life
We see a picture of never ending
Ever rejuvinating novelty

Those animals may seem to us
To be very remote, strange, even fantastic
But all of us alive today
Owe our very existence to them