Shoulders of Giants

It was a calm and cloudless night but it was all still a blur

A shaking of our Universe was just about to occur

It was Summertime... 1609

when Galileo used his telescope for the very first time

and he saw mountains and craters on the moon

and a Milky Way with thousands of stars

and he saw Jupiter, with four tiny moons

he was the only man on Earth that night who knew

That Copernicus was right

come outside with me tonight

and I can show you wonders of the world

to surprise and delight

I've got my telescope with me

just wait until you see

that on the Shoulders of Giants....

... we'll see beyond!

The world turns round and round now around 400 years have flown

since Galileo's telescope first focused the unknown

Now we use bigger glass to peer into the past

And we're discovering the Universe's secrets at last

And there are geysers on Saturn's icy moon

and planets circling hundreds of stars

while all the Universe expands like a balloon

from Galileo's tiny scope we've come so far

Galileo was right

when he looked out in the night

and he discovered wonders of the world

to surprise and delight

I've got my telescope with me

just wait until you see

we'll stand on the Shoulders of Giants...

And every step follows the one before

and opens up a new frontier to explore

our 'scopes are dancing in space to see the beauty and grace

Oh, Galileo would approve, that's for sure

And still for me and you we can join in on this too

Just climb up here with me where we'll see more

It's a calm and cloudless night come outside with me tonight

and I can show you wonders of the world to surprise and delight

I've got my telescope with me just wait until you see (oh, wait until you see)

we'll stand on the Shoulders of Giants (Galileo knew)

That Copernicus was right (Johannes)

Come outside with me tonight (Kepler found those)

and I can show you wonders of the world (planetary motions on the)

to surprise and delight (Shoulders of Giants)

I've got my telescope with me (And Isaac)

Just wait until you see (Newton found his)

we'll stand on the Shoulders of Giants (Universal Laws)

(He stood on the Shoulders of Giants...)

...to see beyond!