[dr. molly]
[Time: 4'34"]
[Lyrics: Thom Woodley]
[First performed December 10, 1999 -- show #46]
[Appears on track #5 on "Mainstream Mayhem"]
[Tim: electric bass, Nevin: viola, Jamie: percussion, vocals, Andy: accordion, vocals, Thom: piano, vocals]


Taken from one of Thom's musicals, the latest in the science vs. art battle within Bert,
(this scoring a volley against science,) details Dr. Molly Mathus,
an astronomer who one day looks up and finds that the stars are no longer there.
And look for the Scrabble-winning word astrohierophant.


sunrise on the convex lens on dr. molly mathus
sitting slackjawed still as the stars decline to shine
just an inky blackness on the sky and on dr. molly mathus
when your life's astrodependent your stars cannot disappear

trust in those stars unless they lie about their very existence
truth is most often warped by truthful blind resistance

she saw the stars weren't there anymore
no longer science's whore
slave no more

but molly went to college and molly studied hard
and molly peered through telescopes while crouched in her backyard
and molly measured proudly the canopy of the sky
but when her lenses broke she had to kiss her life goodbye

i said believe, molly said she can't
i said pretend, molly was adamant
molly did not want to be an astrohierophant

hey molly
measure sky
measure love
measure truth
measure god


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