Galileo

Galileo's head was on the block

The crime was lookin' up the truth

And as the bombshells of my daily fears explode

I try to trace them to my youth

And then you had to bring up reincarnation

Over a couple of beers the other night

And now I'm serving time for mistakes

Made by another in another life time

How long till my soul gets it right

Can any human being ever reach that kind of light

I call on the resting soul of Galileo

King of night vision, king of insight

And then I figure about my fear of motion

Which I never could explain

Some other fool across the ocean years ago

Must have crashed his little airplane

How long till my soul gets it right

Can any human being ever reach that kind of light

I call on the resting soul of Galileo

King of night vision, king of insight

I'm not making a joke

You know me, I take everything so seriously

If we wait for the time, till our souls get it right

Then at least I know there'll be no nuclear annihilation

In my lifetime, I'm still not right

I offer thanks to those before me

That's all I've got to say

'Cause maybe you've squandered big bucks in your lifetime

Now I have to pay

But then again it feels like some sort of inspiration

To let the next life off the hook

Or she'll say, "look what I had to overcome from my last life"

I think I'll write a book

How long till my soul gets it right

(Till my soul gets it right)

Can any human being ever reach that highest light

(Can we reach the highest light?)

Except for Galileo, God rest his soul

(I call on the resting soul of Galileo)

King of night vision, king of insight

How long (Till my soul gets it right?)

(Can we reach the highest light?)

How long (Till my soul gets it right?)

(Can we reach the highest light?)

How long?