Galileo - 1633: The Trial Lyrics

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Galileo the Musical - 1633: The Trial Lyrics

GRAND INQUISITOR:
Twinkle, twinkle, Little Star
How I wonder how you are?
Galileo, you're a fraud
We can't afford
To have you loose

We're the Church of the land
And I hope you understand
That to save your soul
We've got to cage you in!

GALILEO:
Who are you kidding?
Don't do me favours
I'm a scientist, a scholar
Not a man of God

Your mumbo-jumbo
Is just concealing
The fact my books are true
There's no more room for you!

GRAND INQUISITOR:
Your publication of this scrawl
Has led directly to your fall

It was 17 years ago,
You signed to show
You'd toe the line

While you've been with us in Rome
A little visit to your home
Has brought to light
A bit more evidence!

(Galileo's whole library of
scientific books and working
papers are brought into the
trial room)

GALILEO:
My earliest papers
Equations and all
Mechanics and motion
My laws of treefall

All this was discovery
The facts that I observed
That this could be heresy
Or a plot against the Church
Is quite absurd

GRAND INQUISITOR:
Too late, pal, decision time!
We sentence you to
House imprisonment
Without appeal

You're too dangerous an enemy
The Church's destiny's at stake

Your publications will be banned
And just to make quite sure
None of this stuff gets out again

We'll take these books
And plans and charts...

...it feels just right
... to have a bonfire night!

GALILEO:
No!

Galileo the Musical Lyrics

In the Night
Forbidden
We Only Want to Know
Doin' the Maths
The Man with His Head in the Stars
Science Impossible
Push Back the Frontiers
Heaven Needs Me
Never Give Up
Pictures in My Head
The Magic Tube
New Age
Verdict Compromise
1633: The Trial
You Had It All
A Life in Flames
Cosimo's Surprise
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