An Apple Pie from Scratch (feat. Carl Sagan)

If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch You must first invent the universe If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch You must first invent the universe This is a time of great danger But our species is young and curious and brave It shows much promise In the last few millennia We have made the most astonishing And unexpected discoveries about the cosmos And our place within it I believe our future depends powerfully On how wеll we understand this cosmos On which we float Likе a mote of dust in the morning sky If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch You must first invent the universe If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch You must first invent the universe The surface of the Earth is the shore of the cosmic oceans On this shore we've learned most of what we know Recently we've waded a little way out Maybe ankle deep, and the water seems inviting Some part of our being knows this is where we came from We long to return, and we can Because the cosmos is also within us We're made of star stuff And we are a way for the cosmos to know itself If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch You must first invent the universe If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch You must first invent the universe If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch You must first invent the universe If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch You must first invent the universe The cosmos is full beyond measure of elegant truths Of exquisite interrelationships Of the awesome machinery of nature The cosmos is full beyond measure of elegant truths Of exquisite interrelationships Of the awesome machinery of nature