LET'S GET METRIC Scott performing Scott performing
This message brought to you by 
The People for a Metric Tomorrow

You know the gallon and the inch
And the mile and the pound?
Well, have you heard the news
They won't always be around
It's time to introduce the new units in town
So put your hands on a ruler
And your boots on the ground

     America, let's get metric
     Remember when we went electric
     Don't worry if it sounds eccentric
     America, let's get metric

Mister Kilometer stands a thousand meters tall
The tiny millipede has so many feet to crawl
Twenty-three centimeters surround the baseball
But when we hit a home run
It still goes over the wall

     America, let's get metric
     Remember when we went electric
     We make the changes, be they hectic
     America, let's get metric

Room temperature is twenty degrees
It feels okay
And thirty's a warm day
And water starts boiling
At one hundred centigrade
And freezes at zero
Metric system, you're my hero
Goodnight, Fahrenheit! 

Back in the 70's, President Carter said
     Let's get metric now
Let's drink our lemonade in liters
And tell all our friends
     Let's show people how
The other countries of the world
All measure by 10's
     Let's get metric now
No, we didn't get converted
But we're trying it again

     America, let's get metric
     Remember when we went electric
     Let's flip the switch and be eclectic
     America, let's get metric
Written by Scott Wheatley
Scott Wheatley: vocals, guitar
Yohei Shikano: backing vocals, keyboards
John Humphrey: bass
Jedi Dyer: drums
LET'S GET METRIC Scott performing
Written by Scott Wheatley
Scott Wheatley: vocals, guitar
Yohei Shikano: backing vocals, keyboards
John Humphrey: bass
Jedi Dyer: drums
This message brought to you by 
The People for a Metric Tomorrow

You know the gallon and the inch
And the mile and the pound?
Well, have you heard the news
They won't always be around
It's time to introduce the new units in town
So put your hands on a ruler
And your boots on the ground

     America, let's get metric
     Remember when we went electric
     Don't worry if it sounds eccentric
     America, let's get metric

Mister Kilometer stands a thousand meters tall
The tiny millipede has so many feet to crawl
Twenty-three centimeters surround the baseball
But when we hit a home run
It still goes over the wall

     America, let's get metric
     Remember when we went electric
     We make the changes, be they hectic
     America, let's get metric

Room temperature is twenty degrees
It feels okay
And thirty's a warm day
And water starts boiling
At one hundred centigrade
And freezes at zero
Metric system, you're my hero
Goodnight, Fahrenheit! 

Back in the 70's, President Carter said
     Let's get metric now
Let's drink our lemonade in liters
And tell all our friends
     Let's show people how
The other countries of the world
All measure by 10's
     Let's get metric now
No, we didn't get converted
But we're trying it again

     America, let's get metric
     Remember when we went electric
     Let's flip the switch and be eclectic
     America, let's get metric