Why Does the Sun Really Shine?

The sun is a miasma Of incandescent plasma The sun's not simply made out of gas No, no, no The sun is a quagmire It's not made of fire Forget what you've been told in the past (Plasma!) Electrons are free (Plasma!) Fourth state of matter Not gas, not liquid, not solid The sun isn't a red dwarf I hope it never morphs Into a supernova'd collapsed orb Orb, orb, orb The sun is a miasma Of incandescent plasma I forget what I was told by myself Elf, elf, elf (Plasma!) Electrons are free (Plasma!) Fourth state of matter Not gas, not liquid, not solid (Plasma!) Forget that song (Plasma!) They got it wrong That thesis has been rendered invalid --- Why Does The Sun Really Shine? - They Might Be Giants