Ellis Paul Did Galileo Pray? Lyrics

Did Galileo Pray? Lyrics

When he looked 
Into a starry sky upon Jupiter, 
With it`s cold moons 
Making their weary rounds. 

Did he know that the Pope 
Would claim that he ran with Lucifer 
And a prison cell 
Would be where he`d lay his head down? 

Was he wearing a thorny crown? 
When he plotted the motion of planets, 
Was Mercury in retrograde? 
But he found the truth when a lie was what was demanded. 
When the judges asked him pointedly 
He was a` trembling that day.

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Did Galileo pray?
Did Galileo pray? 
Did Galileo pray? 
Did Galileo pray? 

And he said, 
"Tell Ptolemy, tell Copernicus, 
That the Sun is at the core of us 
The Church, the Pope 
Can`t deny the Milky Way 

And every flower that follows the sun, 
Has known all along 
What God had done
They whisper truth 
As the seasons each give way. 

Don`t shoot the messenger, 
The postman delivers Truth today. 
And Truth will march in Birmingham 
It will block the tanks in Tiananmen. 
Put the judges on the witness stand 
Let`s see what they all say. 

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In the heavens you`ll see it 
As God has conceived it. 
Oh, believe it. 
Oh, what have you got to do to believe? 

Don`t shoot the messenger, 
When the postman brings you truth today. 
Because truth will march in Birmingham 
It will block the tanks in Tiananmen 
Put the judges on the witness stand, 
Let`s see what they all say. 

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Don`t shoot the messenger, don`t shoot the messenger¡­