Music by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards
Words by Mick Jagger and me
Please allow me to introduce myself
I’m the law that tells your fate
I am the reason a lone system
Will evolve to another state.
I was there when time and space
Got their start in the Big Bang.
Cosmic inflation was
The singularity’s labor pang.
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name!
But what’s puzzling you is the
Nature of my game.
When every star field coalesced
I grew as photons streamed away.
Because of me, lofty Everest
Will erode to sand one day.
A can of worms, however long it squirms,
Never makes it back to its former terms.
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name!
But what’s puzzling you is the
Nature of my game.
Every fire that burns, every leaf that turns,
Every child that’s born, every crystal formed,
Every speedboat’s wake, every growing tree,
Every breath you take are all enriching me!
Let me please introduce myself
I’m the trend none can defy.
Dispersing mass and energy
Sets the way that time itself must fly.
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name!
But what’s puzzling you is the
Nature of my game.
There’s just one thing that is predictable:
My greed you cannot sate!
Toss heads or tails, just call me Entropy
I disapprove of all constraint.
But still you need me: Here’s the recipe
To make a process go one way.
Make sure it raises entropy
Then you’ll know that it’s okay.
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name!
But what’s puzzling you is the
Nature of my game.
Tell me baby, what’s my name?
Tell me honey, can you guess my name?
Tell me baby, what’s my name?
I tell you one time, you’re the same.
What’s my name?
Tell me baby, can you guess my name?
Tell me sweetie, what’s my name?
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Copyright © 2006, Richard Barrans
Revised: 26 December 2008. Maintained by Richard Barrans.
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