Galileo

Album: Rites Of Passage (1992)
Charted: 89
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  • 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 'til 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 think 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 'til 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 'til all souls get it right
    Then at least I know there'll be no nuclear annihilation in my life time
    I'm still not right

    I offer thanks to those before me
    That's all I've got to say
    'Cause maybe you 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 'til my soul gets it right
    Can any human being ever reach the highest light
    Except for Galileo, God rest his soul
    King of the night vision, king of insight
    How long (until my soul gets it right)
    How long (until my soul gets it right)
    How long Writer/s: EMILY ANN SALIERS
    Publisher: Capitol CMG Publishing, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 7

  • Warnfrost from Planet EarthJen: Wow. …Just amazingly troll. That being said, I guess we need trolls and goblins to figure out the contrast to goodness. It did me a world of good this morning to know who’s on a better spiritual track; Jen, or Emily?
  • Canadian Bear from UkLets hope Jen from USA has learned to spell. Our future depends on it.
  • Bill from UsaThe indigo girls’ understanding of Galileo’s predicament with the church is very pedestrian. I guess they didn’t seek the truth before writing this little jingle
  • Jen from UsaI hate this song. More stupid, libtard propaganda.
  • Steven from Oxnard, CaThis is a truly wondeful song that I first heard about three weeks ago. It makes me smile everytime I hear it. A truly great song.
  • Dave from Cardiff, WalesThe Indigo Girls were mega-successful in the States, however in the UK, they are largely unknown bar their 1980s song "Closer To Fine", which was an unlikely collaboration with critically acclaimed Irish band the Hothouse Flowers
  • Bethany from Carrier Mills, Ili love this song. i just love the indigo girls period, it seems like every song, the music, the harmony of their voices, the incredible words, just draw you in. i love them.
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