Galileo - The Magic Tube Lyrics

2024 world premiere
Galileo the Musical - The Magic Tube Lyrics

COSIMO:
Before the evenings over
I've got a gift for you
A novelty from Holland
It really is quite new
Before you get some shut eye
And get your peaceful rest
I thought you'd like to borrow
This tube to help your quest

GALILEO:
A tube with glass attached
At either end...
What could this be?

But looking through
I can't believe
What I can see

COSIMO:
My father sent from Holland
A laugh it is for sure
It makes things look far closer
The craze of the year
It might help you at night time
In the study of the sky
To bring the stars much closer
Much better than the eye!

GALILEO:
The simplest of inventions,
Drew from a casual mention
Could ease financial tension
And nest a healthy pension...

They won't think it's surprising
That I'm so enterprising
I'll tell them that this project
Took countless years of logic

The money from this ruse
Will help me make the news
That I've proved Copernicus...

The Magic Tube
The Magic Tube
The Magic Tube from Italy
A Dutchman's toy, in my employ
Will help to prove my "mad" theory

The Magic Tube
The Magic Tube
The Magic Tube from Italy
Now human sight
Is armed with might
The heaven's secrets shall reveal
The heaven's secrets shall reveal

AN ADMIRAL OF THE ITALIAN NAVY:
For naval application
The tube is a sensation!
We'll all see foe's true colours
When miles make sighting duller

HEAVENLY CHOIR:
Blessed Galileo!

THE DOGE OF VENICE:
I see its use in leisure
The tube will give great pleasure
The citizens will use it,
I hope they don't abuse it!

HEAVENLY CHOIR:
Blessed Galileo!

UNIVERSITY CHANCELLOR:
40 year of toil
So diligent and loyal
Deserves a plump reward

CHORUS:
The Magic Tube
The Magic Tube
The Magic Tube from Italy
The world shall bow
To our know-how
Another page in history!

The Magic Tube
The Magic Tube
The Magic Tube from Italy
The world shall bow
To our know-how
Another page in history!

GALILEO:
What a situation!
I've caused a great sensation!
All this talk of hero
I really need the lire!

HEAVENLY CHOIR:
Blessed Galileo!

UNIVERSITY CHANCELLOR:
This "City of Creation"
Gives thanks to your invention
We thank you for your trouble
Your salary is doubled

HEAVENLY CHOIR:
Blessed Galileo!

MAYOR OF ROME:
Venetian art is blessed
With brains that are the best
Like noble Galileo!

CHORUS:
The Magic Tube
The Magic Tube
The Magic Tube from Italy
The world shall bow
To our know-how
Another page in history!

The Magic Tube
The Magic Tube
The Magic Tube from Italy
The world shall bow
To our know-how
Another page in history!
Another page in history!

Galileo the Musical Lyrics

In the Night
Forbidden
We Only Want to Know
Doin' the Maths
The Man with His Head in the Stars
Science Impossible
Push Back the Frontiers
Heaven Needs Me
Never Give Up
Pictures in My Head
The Magic Tube
New Age
Verdict Compromise
1633: The Trial
You Had It All
A Life in Flames
Cosimo's Surprise
Galileo Theme