Did Galileo Pray? Lyrics - Ellis Paul

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, 

"Tell Ptolemy, tell Copernicus, 

That the Sun is at the core of us 

The Church, the Pope 

Can't deny the Milky Way 

And every flower that follows the sun, 

Has known all along 

What God had done 

They whisper truth 

As the seasons each give way. 

Don't shoot the messenger, 

The postman delivers Truth today. 

And Truth will march in Birmingham 

It will block the tanks in Tiananmen. 

Put the judges on the witness stand 

Let's see what they all say. 

Chorus 

In the heavens you'll see it 

As God has conceived it. 

Oh, believe it. 

Oh, what have you got to do to believe? 

Don't shoot the messenger, 

When the postman brings you truth today. 

Because truth will march in Birmingham 

It will block the tanks in Tiananmen 

Put the judges on the witness stand, 

Let's see what they all say. 

Chorus 

Don't shoot the messenger, don't shoot the messenger...