Tom Lehrer - So long, mom (a song for world war III)

[dipsydoodle]

Run time: 01:39 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pklr0UD9eSo   Posted on YouTube: July 26, 2007 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: September 01, 2007 By DU Member: dipsydoodle Views on DU: 733

 
Be interesting to know who like me knew the words to most of his songs when they were teenagers. It's a shame that the only one posted of "We will all go together when we go" has only got a Starwars video to accompany it. It's worth listening the words anyway : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU2mwrxRQyA&mode=related&search=

[LeftishBrit]

1. I did too and still do!

E.g. "Who's Next":

"First we got the bomb, and that was good
For we love peace and motherhood.
Then Russia got the bomb but that's OK
For the balance of power's maintained that way.
Who's next?...

Now Luxembourg is next to go,
And who knows, maybe Monaco.
We'll try to stay serene and calm
When Alabama gets the bomb!"


Or the one that is still all too applicable:

"Hollywoods often try to mix
Show business and politics
From Helen Gahagan
To - Ronald Reagan!...

We can't expect America to win against its foes
With no one in the Senate who can really tap his toes!"


Or this one, even more applicable (and not just to America!):

"If you visit American city,
You will find it very pretty.
Only two things of which you must beware:
Don't drink the water and don't breathe the air!
Pollution, pollution,
They've got sand and sewage and mud.
Turn on your tap
And get hot and cold running crud!...

See the halibuts and the sturgeons
Are being wiped out by detergents.
Fish gotta swim, and birds gotta fly-
But they don't last long if they try!"

[virgdem]

2. I know all of the songs that Lehrer has written/sung...

Knew them when I was a kid (I had an older cousin that introduced my brother and I to all kinds of "cool" stuff). I know all of the lyrics by heart. Love Lehrer.