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Down, down, down, down gravityHelping wash the dishesAnd I drop a cupWhy does everything fall downInstead of up?Riding up a hill I spillAnd hit the groundWish I could fall up instead of always falling downDown, d-down, down, downI'm a victim of gravityEverything keeps falling down on meNo matter where I goThat force is there I knowJust a-pulling me down, down, down, down, downIt's all around town nowIt's like a magnet deep inside the groundWhen I lift something upI can feel it pulling downIt pulls me in the poolIt pulls rain down on meI'm a victim ofDown, down, down, down, gravity, yeahSongtexteGalileo, Galileo, GalileiHe did experiments with a force he couldn't see(Could not see, yeah)He found that all things fall to earth at the very same speed(Very same speed, yeah)He didn't know it yet, but that was due to gravityThe Moon goes around the EarthAnd shines its silver lightThe Earth goes around the SunAnd makes the seasons rightIt isn't love that makes the world go round, you seeIt's the power of gravityBut please don't tell Mary JeanDown, d-down, down, downWithout Earth's gravityTo keep us in our placeWe'd have no weight at allWe'd be in outer spaceThe sea would float awayAnd so would fields and townsNothing pulling us down, down, down, down, down, yeahIsaac Newton underneath the apple tree(Apple tree, yeah)One hit him on the headHe 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 clumsyDon't call me a foolWhen things fall down on meI'm following the ruleThe rule that says that what goes up, comes down, like meI'm a victim of down, down, down, down gravitySho-be doo, down, down, down Aus Songtexte Mania