Put sixteen ounces on a scale, it'll weigh one pound without fail
Pick up sixteen ounces off the ground, and you just lifted one pound
And if a ball weighs sixteen ounces, a pound hits the ground every time it bounces
If you weighed two-thousand pounds, you couldn't run
Because if you weighed that much, you would be one ton
But if you found treasure, it would be real fun
If all that gold weighed up to one ton
Because all of that would make mounds and mounds
As a ton is equal to two-thousand pounds
I looked up how many ounces were in a pound
And sixteen ounces is what I found
Then I stacked off pounds till they weighed a ton
And it took two-thousand until I was done
Lots of things weigh about an ounce
Like four quarters or a friendly mouse
Lots of things weigh about a pound
Like this bottle of soda
That my teacher found
Lots of things weigh about a ton
Like a small car
Driven by a really hip nun
I looked up how many ounces were in a pound
And sixteen ounces is what I found
Then I stacked off pounds till they weighed a ton
And it took two-thousand until I was done