WHENEVER LIFE
GETS YOU DOWN
MRS. BROWN
AND THINGS SEEM
HARD OR TOUGH
AND PEOPLE ARE STUPID
OBNOXIOUS OR DAFT
AND YOU FEEL
THAT YOU'VE HAD
QUITE ENOUGH
JUST REMEMBER
THAT YOU'RE STANDING
ON A PLANET
THAT'S EVOLVING
AND REVOLVING
AT NINE HUNDRED
MILES AN HOUR
THAT'S ORBITING
AT NINETEEN
MILES A SECOND
SO IT'S RECKONED
A SUN THAT IS
THE SOURCE OF
ALL OUR POWER
THE SUN AND YOU AND ME
AND ALL THE STARS
THAT WE CAN SEE
ARE MOVING AT
A MILLION MILES A DAY
IN AN OUTER SPIRAL ARM
AT FORTY THOUSAND
MILES AN HOUR
OF THE GALAXY
WE CALL THE MILKY WAY
OUR GALAXY ITSELF
CONTAINS A HUNDRED
BILLION STARS
IT'S A HUNDRED
THOUSAND LIGHT-YEARS
SIDE TO SIDE
IT BULGES IN THE MIDDLE
SIXTEEN THOUSAND
LIGHT-YEARS THICK
BUT OUT BY US
IT'S JUST
THREE THOUSAND
LIGHT-YEARS WIDE
WE'RE THIRTY THOUSAND
LIGHT-YEARS FROM
GALACTIC
CENTRAL POINT
WE GO 'ROUND
EVERY TWO HUNDRED
MILLION YEARS
AND OUR GALAXY
IS ONLY ONE OF
MILLIONS OF BILLIONS
IN THIS AMAZING AND
EXPANDING UNIVERSE
THE UNIVERSE ITSELF
KEEPS ON EXPANDING
AND EXPANDING
IN ALL OF
THE DIRECTIONS
IT CAN WHIZ
AS FAST AS IT CAN GO
AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT
YOU KNOW
TWELVE MILLION
MILES A MINUTE
AND THAT'S
THE FASTEST SPEED
THERE IS
SO REMEMBER
WHEN YOU'RE FEELING
VERY SMALL
AND INSECURE
HOW AMAZINGLY
UNLIKELY
IS YOUR BIRTH
AND PRAY THAT THERE'S
INTELLIGENT LIFE
SOMEWHERE UP IN SPACE
'CAUSE THERE'S
BUGGER ALL
DOWN HERE ON EARTH