Come In Pluto
by dovetailedlife
In 2006, not long after the IAU took away Pluto from our planetary system, Jordan Stout, Andrew Norton, and myself wrote a song.
A cry to Pluto if you will.
Andrew wrote the poetry, I saw it on the Facebook group and wrote this plea. We went on to write an entire album. Perhaps we will sell them on iTunes someday.
Lyrics will be below the video:
To you it may not seem that bad
But a life without Pluto is very sad
What did he ever do that was so wrong?
That is why I will forever sing my song…
Come in Pluto, can you hear my cry?
I’ll fight for you until the day I die
And, come in Pluto no we won’t let go
A dwarf planet it still a planet, no?
So don’t just sit back while this goes on
Stand up and be part of the revolution
Bring pluto back to where he belongs
Together we can right this terrible wrong.
Come in Pluto, can you hear my cry?
I’ll fight for you until the day I die
And, come in Pluto no we won’t let go
A dwarf planet it still a planet, no?
A dwarf planet is still a planet, yes.
-B
Thank you for putting this up
This is a beautiful song, and you will likely be happy to know there are many people fighting for Pluto’s planetary status as well as many songwriters who have written songs on Pluto’s behalf. Only four percent of the IAU voted on the controversial demotion, and most are not planetary scientists. Their decision was immediately opposed in a formal petition by hundreds of professional astronomers led by Dr. Alan Stern, Principal Investigator of NASA’s New Horizons mission to Pluto. For the past four years, I have run a blog advocating Pluto’s planet status and chronicling efforts worldwide in support of this effort. I will be happy to add a link to this song. The fight for Pluto’s planet status is very much alive!