| Galileo |
| Galileo's head was on the block The crime was looking up for truth And as the bombshells of my daily fears explode I try to trace them to my youth And then you had to briing up reincarnation Over a couple of beers the other night And now I'm serving time for mistakes Made by another in another lifetime (Chorus) How long 'til my soul gets it right Can any human being ever reach that kind of light I call on the resting soul of Galileo King of night vision, king of insight And then I think about my fear of motion Which I never could explain Some other fool across the ocean years ago Must have crashed his little airplane (Chorus) I'm not making a joke, you know me I take everything so seriously If we wait for the time 'til our souls get it right Then at least I know there'll be No nuclear annhilation in my lifetime I'm still not right I offer thanks to those before me That's all I've got to say Cause maybe you squandered big bucks in your lifetime Now I have to pay But in the end I guess it's some sort of inspiration To let the next life off the hook But she'll say "Look what i had to overcome from my last life I think I'll write a book" (Chorus-2) How long 'til my soul gets it right Can any human being ever reach the highest light Except for the resting soul of Galileo King of night vision, king of insight How long... |
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