Ethylene

(To the tune of Dolly Parton's "Jolene")

Ethylene, ethylene, ethylene oxide …
The chemists call you C2H4O
Ethylene, ethylene, ethylene oxide
You’re colorless and flammable, dontcha know
You’re made up of two alkyl groups
Bound up to oxygen in a loop
Your mutagenic smell is sickly sweet
Polysorbate-20’s made from you
And thermobaric weapons too
And I have gotta write about you, Ethylene

Ethylene, ethylene, ethylene oxide …
The chemists call you C2H4O
Ethylene, ethylene, ethylene oxide
You’re colorless and flammable, dontcha know

As solvents go, you are dirt cheap
You're what tastes sweet in antifreeze
Dogs lick you up and die, Ethylene

Tom Lehrer sang the periodic chart
But, hell, I guess I ain't that smart
So I'll finish what I started, Ethylene

Ethylene, ethylene, ethylene oxide …
The chemists call you C2H4O
Ethylene, ethylene, ethylene oxide
You’re colorless and flammable, dontcha know