The Body Machine Lyrics - Various Artists

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First aired: 1979lyrics & music by: lynn ahrensperformed by: bob doroughwhen you look down the street what do you see?the street is overflowing with a lot of machines.now i don't mean the buses the trucks or cars.i'm talking about the peopleyeah you know who they are.i'm a machine you're a machine.everybody that you knowyou know they are machines.to keep your engine running you need energyfor your high-powered revved-up body machine.your high-powered revved-up body machine.now i'd be a fool if i said that the fuel thatwe needed to burn was gasolinebecause the fuel we use is the stuff called foodand it puts out the power for our machine.you make a stop at the filling station"fill 'er up! one chicken sandwich to go!"as you start to chewyour body does it. all systems go!chef: now that sandwich contains some veryimportant kinds of food energy for your body. thechicken gives you protein; bread carbohydrates;mayonnaise fat; and the lettuce has vitamins pluscellulose (or roughage). together these things helpkeep your body machine running smoothly.first the saliva kind of like a driver"move to the rear of the mouth!"but what it's doingalong with teeth chewingis taking food and breaking it down.down to the stomachthe food is pushed the esophagus does its stuffand the stomach startslook at those moving partsas the body machine churns upgastric juices operate on proteinsfats and carbohydrates.in the stomach they do what they do.they take out the nutrition and use it for you.and the cellulose in those leaves you knowwill control the traffic flow.helps the food to move along so the good stays inand the bad gets goin'.i'm a machine you're a machine.everybody that you knowyou know they are machines.to keep your engine running you need energyfor your high-powered revved-up body machine.your high-powered revved-up body machine.then the small intestine does most of your digestingby sending all the nutrientsin through the villiwhich look a little sillibut act as little ventsthe blood stream passes; the nutrients it catchesand takes them to the cells you seeyou use what it deliversand it stores some in the liverfor future energv.i'm a machine you're a machine.everybody that you knowyou know thev are machines.to keep vour engine running you need energvfor your high-powered revved-up body machine.your high-powered revved-up body machine.your high-powered revved-up body machine.high-powered revved-up complicated tune-upfascinating body machine.take care of that machine.you got such a great model there honey!give it the right fuelhigh protein low calorietake it out for a spin every day!

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