View source for Maxwell's Silver Dæmon

[[category:parody]]
[[category:Beatles]]
[[category:Abbey Road]]
[[category:1960s]]
==Specs==
* [https://bikeshed.vibber.net/@brooke/112354344447911579 idea] by [https://bikeshed.vibber.net/@brooke Brooke Vibber]
* Lyrics originally posted on TootCat: [https://toot.cat/@woozle/112354612510834096 verse 1], [https://toot.cat/@woozle/112354773897056438 verse 2], [https://toot.cat/@woozle/112354896607193295 verse 3]
==Lyrics==
<poem>
Joan was quizzical
studying a physical
science course online
Late nights all alone with a laptop,
ohh... uh-oh oh...

Ran experiments
Testing all the variants
Noticed something odd
"Where oh where did all the entropy go?", uh-oh oh...

: But as she's calibrating the dials
: it comes into her head --

:: Bang bang Maxwell's silver dæmon gives heat and cold for free!
:: Bang bang Maxwell's silver dæmon reduces entropy!

Back in school again,
entropy's the rule again --
teacher gets annoyed:
"You know you can't make hot and cold air for free, ee-ee-ee."

James Clerk Maxawell
tells them all to go to hell
draws a pentagram
summoning a friendly imp from below,
ut-oh oh.

: But as the final corner is drawn,
: the "find out" phase arrives --

:: Bang bang Maxwell's silver dæmon
:: throws time into reverse
:: Bang bang Maxwell's silver dæmon
:: destroys the universe.

Outside space and time,
cosmic watchers draw a line --
must contain this mess.
No-one wants to have to reboot this show, uh-oh oh.

Joan and James appear
(...wait, how did those two get here?
No-one seems to know.)
Joan suggests a plan, and James makes it go, oh-oh oh...

: And as he turns the power-switch on,
: reality does a slide --

:: Bang bang, Maxwell's silver dæmon is banished -- free and clear!
:: Bang bang, Maxwell's silver dæmon
:: was just an abstract idea, whoa-whoa...
</poem>