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,