Twinkle, Twinkle, T₂*       [ previous song / next song ]

traditional; scientific lyrics by Greg Crowther

Greg: backing vocals | Lori DeGloria: backing vocals | Linda Khandro: harp | Diane Mapes: keyboard | Kirk L. Van Scoyoc: backing vocals | Do: lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar, sleigh bells

Twinkle, twinkle, T2*; | How I wonder what you are! | XY signal soon decays; | Why do the spins go out of phase? | Twinkle, twinkle, T2*; | Something pulls those spins apart. | Spin-spin crosstalk sets T2, | But by then T2* is through. | A brief duration here is sealed | By an inhomogeneous field. | Twinkle, twinkle, T2*; | Now I know just what you are!