Lyrics to If I Were a Lowly Photon

If I were a lowly photon,

I wouldn't weigh a single ounce.

I'd be a tiny massless little particle,

The smallest nature will allow.

And I'd be born within a stellar furnace

In a far away star,

Sailing through the endless darkness

Straight to where you are.

If I were a humble photon,

I'd be the smallest little thing.

If you tried to subdivide me,

You'll find I'm not made of anything.

And I'd be born within a stellar furnace

In a far away star,

Sailing through the endless darkness

Straight to where you are.

And I'd fly at the speed of light

For a million years.

Before I finally arrived

Through the atmosphere to land upon your eye.

If I were a lowly photon,

I wouldn't carry any charge.

Although you might confuse me with a proton,

They don't carry light from stars.

I'd be a gamma ray or x ray,

Or just a microwave.

Or infrared, or radio,

Or the light that we all know.

At times I'd just act like a particle,

Sometimes like a wave.

Plants could photosynthesize me,

I never would decay.

And I'd be born within a stellar furnace

In a far away star,

Sailing through the endless darkness

Straight to where you are.

And I'd be born within a stellar furnace

In a far away star,

Sailing through the endless darkness

Straight to where you are.

And I'd fly at the speed of light

For a million years.

Before I finally arrived

Through the atmosphere to land upon your eye.

Before I finally arrived

Through the atmosphere to land upon your eye...