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.
Chorus
Did Galileo pray?
Did Galileo pray?
Did Galileo pray?
Did Galileo pray?
And he said,
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