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Here we comeThrough the market square With our funnyClothes and hairAristotle and SocratesPlato and Diogenes Four fab scholars With our Greek philosophies...Hey, hey!We're the Thinkers Wondering whatLife is forWe're paid toTry and think up The answersTo that and morePeople found me irritatingThanks to my interrogatingLike a toddler, was always asking whyWhat is wisdom, what is beautyWhat is nature, what is dutySongtexteTaught everything I know to This next guyI'm Plato, was his pupil thinkerEnded up with inky fingersWriting every word he taught meDownAlso had my own theoryLike for everything that we seeThere's a perfect versionTo be found. Ooh! Hey, hey!We're the ThinkersMega brainyAncient GreeksWe're alwaysBusy thinking'Cause the truth isWhat we seekMy name is DiogenesI'm not one to say thanks or pleasePoked statues and walked barefootIn the snowNever believed in possessionsThought they gave the wrong impressionPut faith in total freedomDon't you knowI studied at Plato's academyTaught Alex the Great, I know everything meIntrigued by the world Wanted to show it allI took all their theories higherDiscovered more on water, earth, air and fireLearned every scienceI'm Mr Know-It-All! Hey, hey!We're the ThinkersVery wittyVery wiseNo oneCan out-think usWe are AthensBrainiest guysNot everyone likes smarties thoughEven Socrates had his foe When tried for treason He simply said "Why?"They sentenced him to drink hemlockHe said "You know if I take stockI am annoying, I'll take thatAnd die."Hey, hey!We're the ThinkersPoliticiansGave us strifeBut we don'tGive a tinkersCause we taught themAll of our lives...Ooooh! Aus Songtexte Mania