When he looked into a starry sky up on Jupiter,
those 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 followed 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 and block the
tanks in Tiananmen.
Put the judges on the witness stand let’s see
what they will say.
Chorus
And the heavens shall see it
As God has conceived it.
Oh, believe it.
Oh, what are you gonna do to believe?
Don’t shoot the messenger, when the postman
brings you truth today.
Because truth will march in Birmingham and block the
tanks in Tiananmen
Put the judges on the witness stand, lets see what
they all say.
Chorus
Don’t shoot the messenger, don’t shoot the
messenger...
