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They put a telescope in outer spaceSo Mother Earth could look about her spaceAnd what she saw was rather shockingIt was Stephen HawkingAnd he was talking 'bout expandingUniversal understandingAnd that telescopeForced her to contemplate as well as copeWith cosmological conjectureAnd how that affects yerMorning commuteAnd faced with this dilemma, I ask youWhat on earth's a Mother Earth to do?Turn off the HubbleStay out of troubleLive in a bubbleWith Barney RubbleDum dum dum dum dumDum dum dum dum dumDum dum dum dum dumDum dum dum dum!SongtexteWe'll pull the plug and watch it plummet downNo need to shoot, we'll simply dumb it downBefore it spoils our educationWith informationAnd fills our heads up with a lottaThat erroneous errataMore importantly, we got aBrand new paradigmNASA is singing, "Can you spare a dime?"And there's a starving astrophysicistWe don't need his assis-Tence anymore.'Cause from now on we spell intelligenceWith a silent S-C-I-E-enceTurn off the HubbleStay out of troubleLive in a bubbleWith Barney RubbleTurn off the HubbleLive in a bubbleLike Barney Rubble'Cept only doubleDum dum dum dum dumDum dum dum dum dumDum dum dum dum dumDum dum dum dum!Now, GallileoWent way over his headThat's what they saidWhen he was excommunicatedHe was a menaceTo Genesis, they sayAnd to this dayWe say to that Yea, verily, yeaAnd so we sent the president a listOf every brilliant fundamentalistWhich some might call oxymoronicalLike the Times and ChronicleAnd all them eggheads at the collegeWith degrees in Big Bang-ologyThey ought to just apologetically acknowledge thatOur destinyIs manifestly Charleton Heston-yLet's saddle up and send a man to MarsWhere better than to Mars?The planet fromWhich someWould tell us men have comeAnd incidentally, we've discovered thatAn expanding universe makes us look fatTurn off the HubbleStay out of troubleLive in a bubbleWith Barney RubbleTurn off the HubbleLive in a bubbleLike Barney Rubble'Cept only doubleDum dum dum dum dumDum dum dum dum dumDum dum dum dum dumDum dum dum Double-U!Yes, given half a mind, you know the Shrub'llTurn off the Hubble! Aus Songtexte Mania