I fear that I always be a lonely number like root three.
A three is all that’s good and right
Why must my three keep out of sight?
Beneath a vicious square- root sign?
I wish instead I were a nine
For nine could thwart this evil trick
With just some quick arithmetic
I know I’ll never see the sun as 1.7321
Such is my reality
A sad irrationality
When, hark, just what is this I see
Another square root of a three
Has quietly come waltzing
By together now we multiply to form a number we prefer rejoicing
As an integer we break free from our mortal bonds
And with a wave of magic words
Our square- root signs become unglued
And love for me has been renewed
A three is all that’s good and right
Why must my three keep out of sight?
Beneath a vicious square- root sign?
I wish instead I were a nine
For nine could thwart this evil trick
With just some quick arithmetic
I know I’ll never see the sun as 1.7321
Such is my reality
A sad irrationality
When, hark, just what is this I see
Another square root of a three
Has quietly come waltzing
By together now we multiply to form a number we prefer rejoicing
As an integer we break free from our mortal bonds
And with a wave of magic words
Our square- root signs become unglued
And love for me has been renewed