The rolling boulder crashing down the mountain
That's kinetic energy, kinetic
The boulder sitting high upon the mountain
That's potential energy, potential
Energy in motion is kinetic
Energy that's waiting is potential
But whether it's kinetic or potential
Both of them are energy, olé
You stretch a rubber band and then release it
That's kinetic energy, kinetic
You stretch a rubber band and then you hold it
That's potential energy, potential
Energy in motion is kinetic
Energy that's waiting is potential
But whether it's kinetic or potential
Both of them are energy, olé
The heat that comes when gasoline is burning
That's kinetic energy, kinetic
The energy the gasoline has stored up
That's potential energy, potential
Energy in motion is kinetic
Energy that's waiting is potential
But whether it's kinetic or potential
Both of them are energy, olé
