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*** SCIENCE ROCK *** (1978)

Victim Of Gravity

Music & Lyrics: Lynn Ahrens Sung by: The Tokens Animation: Kim & Gifford Productions
Key to symbols within the lyrics

Down, down, down, down gravity!

Helpin' wash the dishes And I drop a cup. Why does everything fall down, Instead of up? Ridin' up a hill, I spill And hit the ground. Wish I could fall up instead of always fallin' down. >> Down de down down down...

I'm a victim of gravity, >> Oh, yeah... Everything keeps falling down on me. >> Down, down, down... No matter where I go, the forces that I know >> Keep pullin' me... Down, down, down, down, down, down. >> It's all around town, now.

It's like a magnet, deep inside the ground. When I lift something up, I feel it pullin' down. >> <It pulls me in the pool, it pulls rain down on me.> I'm a victim of down, down, down, down gravity, yeah.

Galileo >> [Galileo, Galileo] Galileo, galilee >> [Oooh, galilee] He did experiments >> [Galileo, Galileo] With a force he couldn't see. >> Could not see, yeah... He allowed that all things fall >> [Galileo, Galileo] To earth at the very same speed. >> Very same speed, yeah... He didn't know it yet... >> [Galileo, Galileo] >> But that was due to gravity!

>> The Moon goes round the Earth, >> And shines its silver light. >> The Earth goes round the Sun, >> And makes the seasons right. It isn't love that makes the world go round, you see... >> It's the power of gravity... <But please!> Don't tell Mary-Jean! >> Down de down down down...

>> Without Earth's gravity >> To keep us in our place, >> We'd have no weight at all, >> We'd be in outer space. The sea would float away, And so would fields and towns. Down, down, down, down, down, yeah.

Isaac Newton, underneath the apple tree, >> Apple tree, yeah... One hit him on the head, he said "That must be gravity!"

>> <Newton's Law of Gravity says that every object in the Universe >> pulls on every other object. The bigger the object, the stronger >> the pull. But the greater the distance between the objects, the >> weaker the pull becomes. >> >> Come back, Mary-Jean!>

Don't call me clumsy, Don't ca-al me a fool. When things fall down on me, I'm following the rule. The rule that says that what goes up comes down like me... >> I'm a victim of... Down, down, down, down, gravity... Sho-be-do down, down, down!

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