Isaac Newton - Artichoke

Isaac Newton took a breath just as Galileo left

early on a Christmas morn his father was dead so

mother found another man left him there to tend the land

but Isaac was a genius and a terrible farmer

His grandma was head of the household

But Isaac did what he was not told

His grandma did everything she could

But Isaac was watchin' the light

fences lay in disrepair Isaac didn’t seem to care

animals were runnin where the animals wanted

Isaac made a list of words every planet every bird

every stone he overturned to see what was under

they sent him to study at Cambridge

which suited his nature obsessive

the canon was mostly a fossil

the classics back to Aristotle

coffee reached Europe and many said «it's the drink of Satan!»

coffee reached Europe and put an end to the middle ages

then there came bubonic plague Londoners were diggin' graves

Cambridge students went away their classes suspended

Isaac Newton went back home to his farmer’s house of stone

contemplatin' all alone happy and friendless

the prism dividin' the light and

the shadows that move on the sundial

the cities were ringin' their plague bells

But Isaac was watchin' the light

Galileo and Descartes showed him where to make a start

takin' time and space apart slicin' and dicin'

Newton headed up the mint his eyes were lasers heart was flint

If he found a coin was clipped there was a hangin'

so jealous of others' success and

so needy to make an impression

he started with beautiful questions

he ended with venom and bile

Isaac loved his solitude hated Leibniz had a feud

bitter rivalries ensued over the math prize

Isaac was a bitter pill when he died he left no will

probably a virgin still we’re lookin' through his eyes

he never laid eyes on the ocean

but Isaac deciphered its motion

he died of a stone in the kidney

he died unloved and in pain

coffee reached Europe and many said «it's the drink of Satan!»

coffee reached Europe and put an end to the middle ages

coffee reached Europe and many said «it's the drink of Satan!»

coffee reached Europe and put an end to the middle ages