Song 4, Page 1

Amoeba
Melody 1, Melody 2, Tenor/Bass
from 'Powers of Ten'
by David Haines
Lively 
= 144
1998/2008

                                
staccato

                   
 
 
          
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              
       
                            
  11 VERSE 1
   
Don't look down,

  VERSE 1

  
Don't look down,

  VERSE 1
 
 Don't look down,

                        

         
          
      
  
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          ~
don't look down your nose at me

           ~
don't look down your nose at me

         
 don't
 look down your nose at me

                     
               

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                 
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I may be just a sing - le celled a - moe - ba, but I can do ~ things

                  
I may - be just a sing - le celled a moe - ba, but I can do things

                  
  I may
be just a sing - le
 
celled a - moe - ba, but I can do things

                    
              
  
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        
you on - ly dream a - bout...

        
you on - ly dream a - bout...

 
       

you on - ly dream a - bout...

                       
      
    
    
  
  
   
 
        
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
When I choose on a wish or

          
When I choose on a wish or

          
 When I choose
 on a wish or

                        
  

                   
 
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 Amoeba Song 4, Page 3
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         
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whim
   to move I grow a new limb then I flow in - to

    
whim to move
         
I grow a new limb then I flow in - to

              
 whim to move I grow a new limb then I flow in - to

             
           

                  
       
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             
my pseu - do - pod, you may find it odd, but we a - moe - bae,

      
my pseu - do - pod, you
        
may find it odd, but we a - moe - bae,

       
         
  my pseu
 - do - pod, you may find it odd, but we a - moe - bae,

                 
              
  
        
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       
we be - lieve we are the cool - est pro - to - pla - sm in town...

         
we be - lieve we are the
       
cool - est pro - to - pla - sm in town...

     
             
we be - lieve we are the cool - est pro - to - pla - sm in town...

                         
  

                     
  
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         
We' the cool - est pro - to - zo - ans a - round

    
We're the cool
 
- est
 
pro -

to - zo -
  
ans

a - round...

    
We're the cool
 
- est
 
pro -

to - zo -
  
ans a

- round

                        
          
      


 
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What... what's
 
so
       
great a - bout be - ing the same,

    
What's so great
       
a - bout be - ing the same

            
What... what's so great a - bout be - ing the same,

        
           
   
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              

be - ing the same shape ~ ~
day to day? what a bor ~ ing way

                
shape from day to day, what a bor ~ ing way

                 
be - ing the same shape day
~ to day? what a bor - ing way

               

              
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 Amoeba Song 4, Page 5
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    
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to live! Al - ways

the
    
same - ~ face in the same

place,

      
to live al - ways

the
    
same ~ face in the same

place,

              
 to live! Al - ways the same - face in the same place,

             

                

      
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         
can't ~ change ~ shape from a na - ked ape! I would sob with

              
can't change shape from a na - ked ape! I would sob with

             
 can't change shape from a na - ked ape! I would sob with

              

              
 
       
     
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I could - n't be a blob like

 
me, so
mi - se - ry if

              
mi - se - ry if I could n't be a blob like me, so

              
 
mi - se - ry if I could - n't be a blob like me, so

                  

                
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      
what... What's so

great
   a - bout be - ing the same...

   
so great
  
a - bout
 
be - ing

the same

       
 
what...
 
What's so great a - bout be - ing the

same...

          
      
 
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     
        
be - ing the same shape day to day?

            
shape from day to day ~ ~ ~

         
      
be - ing the same shape day to day? To -day, to -

               
              
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 
     
From day to day?

   
from
  
day to day

   
 
day day to day?

       
            
                
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
  
Don't ig - nore, don't
       
ig - nore ~ me 'cause I'm small

    
VERSE 2
       
Don't ig - nore, don't ig - nore me 'cause I'm small

    
VERSE 2
       
 Don't ig - nore, don't ig - nore me 'cause I'm small

       
                
                  

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      
    
I may be
 
shape - less
   
jel - ly
  and sli - my, you think I'm in - sig -

                

I may be shape - less jel - ly and sli - my, you think I'm in - sig -

           
    
I may be shape - less jel - ly
 and sli
 - my, you think I'm in - sig -

                    
              
  
73
    
ni - fi - cant,
           
ti - ny, I'll tell you what this gob - bet of

                
ni - fi - cant, ti - ny, I'll tell you what a gob - bet of


   
             
ni - fi - cant, ti - ny, I'll tell you what this gob - bet of

                
             

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
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slime can do....

   When I feel

         
slime can do! When I feel

         
 slime can do.... When I feel

                        
                      
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         heart - y meal
    I find some mould

or
I could eat a

              
I could eat a heart - y meal I find some mould or

              
  heart - y meal I find some mould or
I could eat a

                          
               
 
 
 
               
84

an - y thing old, I grow pseu - do - pods and wrap up the lot


in

                

an - y - thing old, I grow pseu - do - pods and wrap up the lot in

                
 an - y thing old, I grow pseu - do - pods and wrap up the lot in

 
       
         
 
                 
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             
my new legs I en - gulf it then I wolf it down...

                
my new legs I en - gulf it then I wolf it down!

                
my new legs I en - gulf it then I wolf it down...

                         
                       
 
       
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     
I en - gulf my din - ner then wolf it down!

             
I en - gulf my din - ner then wolf it down!

     
   
      
I en - gulf my din- ner then wolf it down!

                                
                         

 
95
         
What... what's so great a - bout be - ing the same,

    
What's so great
   
a - bout
   
be - ing the same
CHORUS

            

What... what's so great a - bout be - ing the same,

        
           
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                
be - ing the same shape ~ ~
day to day? what a bor ~ ing way

                
shape from day to day, what a bor ~ ing way

        
           
be - ing the same shape day
~ to day? what a bor - ing way

               

              

            
100
 
to live! Al - ways the same - ~ face in the same place,

            
to live al - ways the same ~ face in the

same

place,

              
 to live! Al - ways the same - face in the same place,

             

                

             
103
  
can't ~ change ~ shape from a na - ked ape! I would sob with

              
can't change shape from a na - ked ape! I would sob with

             
 can't change shape from a na - ked ape! I would sob with

              

              
 
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     
     
mi - se - ry if I could - n't be a blob like me, so

              
se - ry if I could n't be a blob like me, so

           
   
mi - se - ry if I could - n't be a blob like me, so

          
       
 
         
     
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       

what... What's so great a -

bout
 
be - ing the same...


what's
  
so great
 
a -

bout
 
be - ing

the same

         
 
what... What's so great a - bout be - ing the

same...

          
         
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        
     
be - ing the same shape day to day?

             
shape from day to day ~ ~ ~

               
 be - ing the same shape day to day? To -day, to -

               
               
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
    
From day to day?

      
from day to day

      
 day day to day?

                    
  
                 
 
 
              
118

Don't dis - miss... don't you dis - miss this pro - tist

              
VERSE 3

Don't dis - miss, don't you dis - miss this pro - tist

             
VERSE 3

 Don't dis - miss...

 don't you dis - miss this pro - tist

                       
  
        

        

 
                
122

It's true that most Pro - tis - ta don't wish to do an - y harm but,

                

It's true that most Pro - tis - ta don't wish to do an - y harm but,

       
  
       
  
It's true that most Pro -

tis - ta
 don't wish to do an - y harm but,

                    
               
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       

mis - ter, you'd be

wise

to

des - pise En - to - moe -

ba

               

mis - ter, you'd be wise to des - pise En - to - moe - ba


   
            
mis - ter, you'd be wise to des - pise En - to - moe - ba

               
            
  
   
128
                  

Hys - to - ly - ti - ca, En - to - moe - ba Hys - to - ly - ti - ca This guy

                     
Hys - to - ly - ti - ca, En - to - moe - ba Hys - to - ly - ti - ca This guy

                     
Hys - to - ly - ti - ca, En - to - moe - ba Hys - to - ly - ti - ca This guy

                       
   
               
  

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             
is the mean - est a - moe - ba by a long chalk

              
is the mean - est a - moe - ba by a long chalk

               
is the mean - est a - moe - ba by a long chalk

        
  
          
     

        

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          
   
Don't al - low ent - ry to this a - moe - ba, you will get dy- sent -
 ry,

                 

Don't al - low en - try to this a - moe - ba, you will get dy - sen - try,

                 

   Don't al - low ent - ry to this a - moe - ba, you will get dy-sent - ry,

                    
               
  
          
138
       
may - be fe - ~ ver! En - to - moe - ba Hys - to - ly - ti - ca

                  
may - be fe - ~ ver En - to - moe - ba Hys - to - ly - ti - ca,

   
                
may - be fe - ~ ver! En - to - moe - ba Hys - to - ly - ti - ca

                
             
     
141
                
En to - moe - ba Hys - to - ly - ti - ca You would be a

              
You could be
 
a
En - to - moe - ba Hys - to - ly - ti - ca

                 
En to - moe - ba Hys - to - ly - ti - ca You would be a

                          

                      
 
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145
      
 What... what's
 
so great
"Mis - ter sick as a Par - rot",

               
What's so great

"Mis - ter Sick - as - a - Par - rot"!
CHORUS

       
"Mis - ter sick as a
 
Par - rot",
     
What... what's so great

           
          
                  
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      
    
a - bout be - ing the same, be - ing the same

     
a - bout be - ing
  
the same

shape

             

a - bout be - ing the same, be - ing the same

         
           
   
150

    ~
       
~
 
shape day
~ to day? what a bor ing way to live!

     
from day to day,
  
what a bor
    
~ ing way
 
to live


                  
shape day
~ to day? what a bor - ing way to live!

               

           
   
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   
 Al -
 
ways the
 
same - ~

face in the same place,

         
al - ways the same ~ face in the same place,

         
Al - ways the same - face in the same place,

         
         
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        
       
can't ~ change ~ shape from a na - ked ape! I would sob with

              
can't change shape from a na - ked ape! I would sob with

          
  can't

change shape from a na - ked ape! I would sob with

              

              
 
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        
    I could - n't be a blob like
 me, so
mi - se - ry if

              
mi - se - ry if I could n't be a blob like me, so

              
  mi - se - ry if I could - n't be a blob like me, so

                  

               
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      
what... What's so

great
   a - bout be - ing the same...

   
so great
  
a - bout
 
be - ing

the same

       
 
what...
 
What's so great a - bout be - ing the

same...

       
  
        
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     
        
be - ing the same shape day to day?

            
shape from day to day ~ ~ ~

          
      be - ing the same shape day to day? To -day, to -

               
              
  
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     
From day to day?

     
from day to day

     
 day day to day?

       
         
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