Galileo

Shaken gently, never stirred
Spoken quietly, always heard
And a one and a two and a three… analysing

Taken over, looking round
Broken cycles locking down
And a one and a two and a three… analysing

Thirty eyes in a constellation
Ten dozen clocks in a strict rotation
Four moons rising observation
Starry messenger exhortation

Hold up the sun, hold up the sun
Throw the coins in the fountain
Bring down the moon, bring down the moon
Galileo counting

Spyglass skyward, secrets found
Time and distance ever bound
And a one and a two and a three… analysing

Spinning softly round a distant sun
Tracing motion, numbers run
And a one and a two and a three… analysing

Seven psalms in contemplation
Two pendulums in oscillation
One heretical disputation
Starry messenger inspiration

Hold up the sun, hold up the sun
Throw the coins in the fountain
Bring down the moon, bring down the moon

Galileo counting
Hold up the sun, hold up the sun
Satellites in the night sky
Bring down the moon, bring down the moon
Galileo Galilei