Athens
(Sung to the tune of ÒMy GuyÓ)
Gilbert Gonzalez
No city-state can be as great as Athens
No other city can be as pretty as Athens
The father of democracy was Cleisthenes
But our greatest leader was Pericles
All men get to vote, while we eat our goat in Athens
No better looking town can ever be found than Athens
No foreign place can match the grace of Athens
Aristotle, Plato and Socrates
Can talk all day about philosophy
ItÕs hard to be modest with Athena as our goddess in Athens
We teach our children to be smart
We teach them music, we teach them art
Most of our men are educated
But women have no rights and are segregated
No Persian invaders can be much greater than Athens
No Spartan spear can instigate fear in Athens
Our army and our navy are supersized
And the Iliad and Odyssey we memorize
Mythology is our theology in Athens
We spend our days watching outdoor plays in Athens
We like to compete so we started track meets in Athens
Aesop tells fables we can think upon,
And our favorite building is the Parthenon,
Just listen to our oracle, our city is historical, Athens.
(What you say?)
Hippocrates will cure your disease in Athens
(What you say?)
We learn to speak so our minds wonÕt be weak in Athens.
(What you say?)
Both the body and mind are doing quite fine in Athens