TESLA

James Michael Taylor

Yeah, I know.
I can’t understand it either.

TESLA

Who invented remote control? TESLA
Who invented the fluorescent light? TESLA
Who invented the radio? TESLA
And who died alone and forgotten in 1943? TESLA

So, you say now, “Don’t be angry.”
And you say, “Just tell the story.”
But I’d like to ask a question: “Why?”
(Dumbing down. Dumbing down.)

Who’d ya never hear about in high school? TESLA
Who’d ya never hear about in college? TESLA
Who’d ya never hear about in science? TESLA
Who’d ya never hear about in physics? TESLA
And what on earth would ya do with a remote control devise?

Why didn’t anybody mention TESLA?
Why didn’t teachers tell us about TESLA?
Why didn’t they even know about TESLA?

So, don’t tell me, “Don’t be angry.”
And I’ll try to tell the story…
But right now I ask the question, “Why?”
(Dumbing down. Dumbing down.)

A guy named Marconi gets the Nobel prize for inventing the radio. So, what does Tesla do?
He invents this thing called the induction motor
and he makes a deal with Westinghouse. He lights
up the Chicago Worlds Fair with alternating current.
(Take that Thomas DC Edison.
All praise Westinghouse. Lets all praise Westinghouse
and nickedy nackety Edison too.)

So, Westinghouse treats Tesla like the United States
government treated the natives:
Lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie.

Who could create and control a plasma ball? TESLA
And who created 100-foot lightning bolts? TESLA
And who discovered the rotating magnetic field principle? TESLA
And who invented the Tesla coil? TESLA

There, you say, now, “Don’t be angry.”
And you say,”Just tell the story.”
I’d just like to ask a question:
“Did he really waste a lot of time on silly projects?”

Who’d ya never hear about in high school? TESLA
Who’d ya never hear about in college? TESLA
Who’d ya never hear about in science? TESLA
Who’d ya never hear about in physics? TESLA
Dang fool thought we could control the weather?
(Dumbing down. Dumbing down.)

It wasn’t Tesla that said it was 99% perspiration
and 1% inspiration. That was Thomas Edison.
(C) 2006 Royal T Music