Pretty Brilliant (for Hedy Lamar)

If I were Hedy Lamarr 

I wouldn't be just any movie star 

I'd be the most beautiful woman on earth 

Bright as the sunshine, light as a wisp 

Austrian accent, almost a lisp 

I'd be worth a million 

For all that it's worth 

As I was shooting my scenes 

The Nazis were sinking our submarines 

I wanted to help and I figured out how 

Soundless transmission, boundless effects 

Basis of wifi, email, and text 

And whatever you're using to Google me up now 

Pretty 

Pretty brilliant 

Hedy Lamarr, the angel of the wireless age 

And all the proof of my work 

Was buried alive by a file clerk 

They threw me bouquets of distrust and disdain 

"She can't do science. We can't use this. 

So sorry, Hedy, give us a kiss" 

Who thought such a face could be hiding a brain

The press presumed I retired 

and all of my patents had long expired 

But I had made something more sexy than sex 

Birth an era, birth twenty bil'

One day they'll thank me, maybe they will 

and I'll get some credit but none of the checks 

Pretty 

Pretty brilliant 

Hedy Lamarr, the angel of the wireless age