They met each other at the beach shortly before sunset
They giggled and were slightly abashed
Everything was so new, they hadn't known each other for long
He presented her a boquet of roses
She said "Roses awaken such romantic feelings"
He nodded and he said "Yes, undoubtedly
Just a few thousand molecules in the nose are enough
The smell of stuff called 'pheromones'"
And they sat together in silence for quite a while
And looked out over the ocean
And looked out over the ocean
She whispered "See! The moon is huge today!
The night is far too beautiful to ever end
It is so romantic here, I am breathless!"
And she grasped him softly with both hands
He said "The diameter of the moon in the sky
Is a consistent 31 arcminutes
So approximately half a degree, it's entirely evident
It'd be incorrect to assume different sizes"
And they sat together in silence for quite a while
And looked out over the ocean
And looked out over the ocean
There they sat by the ocean on this warm Summer night
She reached for his hand and softly sighed:
"How wonderfully the stars twinkle; it is magnificent!"
And she snuggled up to him tenderly
He looked at her and only said "The stars don't twinkle.
It would be insane if it were so.
Perhaps it looks like it, but the light is just distorting
In the upper layers of the atmosphere"
And they sat together in silence for quite a while
And looked out over the ocean
And then she went home without him.