Happy Birthday Ramses II
by The New Dylans
There used to be the kind
Thought science had the answers
Chemicals cured the cancers
You'd never have to worry
The best minds in the world
Could tackle any project
Succeed until the object
Was movin' Ramses II
Well you may not know the story
It's really pretty simple
The place was Abu Simbel
The shrine to pharaoh Ramses
Build it so the sunlight
Would bathe the inner sanctum
Just twice a year to thank him
On his birth and coronation
Happy birthday Ramses II
Though it is a bit belated
We anlayzed the data
But we missed you by a smidgen
Papyrus and a sundial
Our methods were newfangled
The kingsmen had an angle
Go figure an egyptian
Happy birdthday Ramses II, belated
Three thousand years later
Egypt needed water
To get up to date and modern
So the Aswan was erected
But the leaders of the world
Were appalled this ancient wonder
Would soon be flooded under
Four hundred feet of water
So they pooled forty million
And the brains and brawn to move 'em
It was a mighty massive tomb
But they hauled it up the mountain
Piece by piece reconstructed
Preserved in situ
So that sunlight would hit you
Just the way your subjects meant to
Happy birthday Ramses II
Though it is a bit belated
We anlayzed the data
But we missed you by a smidgen
Papyrus and a sundial
Our methods were newfangled
The kingsmen had an angle
Go figure an egyptian
Happy birdthday Ramses II, belated
On the dawn on Ramses birthday
The scientists of the nation
Shared self-congratulations
Awaiting rays arrival
As the sun broke the horizon
They reeled back in horror
'Cause until daybreak tomorrow
Ramses II would lie in shadow
Happy birthday Ramses II
Though it is a bit belated
We anlayzed the data
But we missed you by a smidgen
Papyrus and a sundial
Our methods were newfangled
The kingsmen had an angle
Go figure an egyptian
Happy birdthday Ramses II
Happy birdthday Ramses II
