[ALL]
Here we come, through the market square
With our funny clothes and hair.
[ARISTOTLE]
Aristotle
[SOCRATES]
And Socrates
[PLATO]
Plato
[DIOGENES]
And Diogenes
[ALL]
Four fab scholars
With our Greek philosophies
Hey, hey, we're the Thinkers,
Wondering what life is for
We're paid to try and think up
The answer to that and more
[SOCRATES]
People found me irritating
Thanks to my interrogating
Like a toddler, was always asking why
What is wisdom? What is beauty?
What is nature? What is duty?
Taught everything I know to this next guy.
[PLATO]
I'm Plato, was his pupil thinker
Ended up with inky fingers
Writing every word he taught me down
Also had my own theory
Like for everything that we see
There's a perfect version to be found
Ooh!
[ALL]
Hey, hey, we're The Thinkers
Mega brainy ancient Greeks
We're always busy thinking
'Cause the truth is what we seek.
[DIOGENES]
My name is Diogenes
I'm not one to say thanks or please
Poked statues and walked barefoot in the snow
Never believed in possessions
Thought they gave the wrong impression
Put faith in total freedom, don't you know
[ARISTOTLE]
I studied at Plato's academy
Taught Alex the Great, I know everything me
Intrigued by the world
Wanted to show it all
I took all their theories higher
Discovered water, ether, earth, air and fire
Learned every science
I'm Mr Know-It-All!
[ALL]
Hey, hey, we're The Thinkers
Very witty, very wise
No one can out-wink us
We are Athens' brainiest guys.
[ARISTOTLE]
Not everyone likes smarties though
Even Socrates had his foe
When tried for treason
He simply said
[SOCRATES]
"Why?"
[PLATO]
They sentenced him to drink hemlock
He said
[SOCRATES]
"You know if I take stock
I am annoying, I'll take that
And die"
[ALL]
Hey, hey, we're The Thinkers
Politicians gave us strife
But we don't give a tinkers
Cause we taught them all about life.
Ooh!