Galileo turned his thoughtful gaze up to the stars,
He saw the moons of Jupiter, saw sunspots, and saw Mars
The Church said from this heresy, the people must be spared
But as they prayed, the ground was laid For E=mc squared.
Newton's laws of motion sure helped physics knowledge soar
He then invented calculus, so students won't be bored
His laws persisted regally for several hundred years
'Til one upstart young patent clerk threw a wrench into the gears
E=mc squared, my boys
E=mc squared
The boldest declaration anybody ever dared
No matter what we've done,
The world could never be prepared
For the man who helped us understand
That E=mc squared
Maxwell showed how light is waves that propogate through space
A substance known as ether was said to permeate the place
Michaelson and Morley showed the ether wasn't there
Einstein showed that space and time are joined up everywhere
E=mc squared, my boys
E=mc squared
The boldest declaration anybody ever dared
No matter what we've done,
The world could never be prepared
For the man who helped us understand
That E=mc squared
Schrödinger's equation showed that particles are waves
To a certain probability, that's how we all behave
But Heisenberg's reality is even more obscure
Where you are and where you're going, you cannot know for sure
E=mc squared, my boys
E=mc squared
The boldest declaration anybody ever dared
No matter what we've done,
The world could never be prepared
For the man who helped us understand
That E=mc squared
You're rushing and you're daydreaming and you drive right through a light
When the policeman pulls you over don't put up a fight
just quote him relativity and he'll know what you mean
At .2 times the speed of light, a red light looks bright green
E=mc squared, my boys
E=mc squared
The boldest declaration anybody ever dared
No matter what we've done,
The world could never be prepared
For the man who helped us understand
That E=mc squared
E=mc squared, my boys
E=mc squared
The boldest declaration anybody ever dared
No matter what we've done,
The world could never be prepared
For the man who helped us understand
That E=mc squared
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