Lyrics by Jack Micay
(Mike in a deep voice)
Galileo, Netwon, Watt, they were genuises all.
Without them we`d be freezing in the dark at the mall.
James Joule found total energy remains the same
(Murray)
No matter what it`s form.
(Mike)
That`s why it carries his name.
(Jian)
A chemical, electrical, potential and heat,
Radiant, kinetic, ooh the list is incomplete.
They`re always changing back and forth
It`s really quite a blur
(Murray)
oh, how could he?
(Jian)
I`ve forgotten nuclear!
(All)
Ride a barrel down the falls
Then cook spaghetti with meatballs.
Really make your friends amazed.
Nuke it with some gamma rays.
Fly to Venus in a rocket.
Put your finger in a socket.
You may suffer from exhaust,
But none of that energy is ever really lost.
(Murray)
Then why can`t we make a clean machine that moves perpetually?
Cause there`s another law with which all energy must agree.
Whenever it changes form, it loses quality
(Dave)
in other words...
(Murray)
Down/Damn that rising entropy!
(Dave)
It`s entropy you see that turns finess into mess
A palace to a pig-stye why it`s simply scandalous!
Energy once neat degenerates into waste heat (We must repeat.)
Because of entropy.
From the Liner:
1993- A lot more exciting than it`s sister song, Inertia. The band
is very
committed to heightening awareness around this issue.
(Recorded by Doug
McCelement, March `93
at Comfort SOund, Toronto.)