Counting sheep
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When you're trying to sleep,
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Being fair
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When there's something to share,
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Being neat
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When you're folding a sheet,
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That's mathematics!
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When a ball
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Bounces off of a wall,
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When you cook
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From a recipe book,
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When you know
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How much money you owe,
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That's mathematics!
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How much gold can you hold in an elephant's ear?
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When it's noon on the moon, then what time is it here?
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If you could count for a year, would you get to infinity,
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Or somewhere in that vicinity?
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When you choose
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How much postage to use,
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When you know
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What's the chance it will snow,
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When you bet
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And you end up in debt,
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Oh try as you may,
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You just can't get away
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From mathematics!
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Andrew Wiles gently smiles
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Does his thing and voila.
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QED we agree and we all shout horrah,
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As he confirms what Fermat
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Jotted down in that maragin
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Which could've used some enlargin'.
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Tap your feet,
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Keepin' time to a beat,
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Of a song
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While you're singing along,
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Harmonize
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With the rest of the guys,
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Yes, try as you may,
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You just can't get away
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From mathematics!
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That's Mathematics
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| Tom Lehrer |
