[texasfilk-discuss] FILK: Schrodinger's Cup

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Words, music: Joseph Abbott

I saw England lose, but that was only
A little bit past my bedtime.
I needed my sleep -- I needed my wits --
I've got a full day today.
Now I wake up and wonder:
How did the U.S. do?
They probably lost -- but maybe they won --
It's uncertain, yet, which one is true.

It's Schrodinger's Cup, it's half and half
It's a box that isn't yet open;
For everyone else, the game is long done,
But that doesn't keep me from hopin'.

The outcome depends on a particle fired
And whether it hit the target.
Our hopes may be dead, and may be alive;
It's all one big Heisenberg stew.
Maybe Friedel kept 'em scoreless,
Maybe he suffered a lapse.
Maybe I should just take a damn look,
and let all the waveforms collapse.

It's Schrodinger's Cup, it's won and lost
It's still probability's smears.
And if it turns out this moggy is toast,
I guess there's another four years.

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