Original song: “You’ll Be Back” by Lin-Manuel Miranda – from “Hamilton – An American Musical”
Parody lyrics: Elizabeth Landau


They say

Cassini burned up and there’s no more spacecraft on the way

Is that true?

I wasn’t aware that was something that NASA would do

I’m perplexed

I thought that we made an arrangement with your Pioneer

If so, what’s next?

There’s no other mission to Saturn for like 20 years…

You’ll be back, you’ll be keen

To construct a Titan submarine

Or a Titan drone.

Awesome, wow!

Do you have a clue what happens now?

Budgets rise, budgets fall

We have seen each other through it all

And when push comes to shove

You could send a CubeSat battalion

To remind me of your love

Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da

Da da dat dat da ya da!

Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da

Da da dat dat da…

You say your fuel was draining and you couldn’t go on

You’ll be the one complaining since Cassini’s gone

And no, don’t change the subject

Cuz I’m your favorite subject

Your dissertation subject

Your grant proposal subject

Forever and ever and ever and ever and ever…

You’ll be back like before

You will plan an even grander tour

Of our heliosphere

And the planets that you hold so dear

But if not, you’ll go mad

‘Cuz you threw away this thing we had

And when push comes to shove

I will melt your favorite spacecraft

To remind you of my love

Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da

Da da dat dat da ya da!

Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da

Da da dat

Everybody!

Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da

Da da dat dat da ya da!

Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da

Da da dat dat da ya da!