We Will All Go Together When We Go - Tom Lehrer.mp3

[00:00.00] 作曲 : Lehrer
[00:00.57]I am reminded at this point of a fellow i used to know who's name was henry, only to give you an idea of what an individualist he was he spelt it hen3ry. the 3 was silent, you see. henry was fin
[00:23.16]Lly independent having inherited his father's tar-and-feather business and was therefore able to devote his full time to such intellectual pursuits as writing. i particularly remember a heart-wa
[00:36.81]Novel of his about a young necropheliac who finally achieved his boy-hood ambition by becoming coroner.
[00:46.38]The rest of you can look it up when you get home. in addition to writing he indulged in a good deal of philosophizing. like so many contemporary philosophers he especially enjoyed giving helpful
[01:03.90]Ce to people who were happier than he was. one particular bit of advice which i recall, which is the reason i bring up this whole, dreary story is something he said once before they took him awa
[01:19.08]The massachussetts state home for the bewilderd. he said: "life is like a sewer: what you get out of it depends on what you put into it." it's always seems to me that this is precisely
[01:42.54]Sort of dynamic, positive thinking that we so desperately need in these trying times of crisis and universal broo-ha-ha, and so with this in mind i have here a modern positive dynamic uplifting
[01:59.31]In the tradition of the great old revival hymns. this one might more accurately be termed a survival hymn.
[02:12.45]When you attend a funeral,
[02:14.64]It is sad to think that sooner or
[02:16.95]Later those you love will do the same for you.
[02:23.04]And you may have thought it tragic,
[02:25.14]Not to mention other adjec-
[02:27.33]Tives, to think of all the weeping they will do.
[02:29.94]But don't you worry.
[02:31.47]No more ashes, no more sackcloth.
[02:33.78]And an armband made of black cloth
[02:35.85]Will some day never more adorn a sleeve.
[02:39.78]For if the bomb that drops on you
[02:43.35]Gets your friends and neighbors too,
[02:47.88]There'll be nobody left behind to grieve.
[02:51.78]And we will all go together when we go.
[02:56.85]What a comforting fact that is to know.
[03:00.57]Universal bereavement,
[03:02.70]An inspiring achievement,
[03:04.50]Yes, we all will go together when we go.
[03:08.19]We will all go together when we go.
[03:11.94]All suffuse with an incandescent glow.
[03:15.63]No one will have the endurance
[03:17.82]To collect on his insurance,
[03:19.71]Lloyd's of london will be loaded when they go.
[03:25.23]Oh we will all fry together when we fry.
[03:28.35]We'll be french fried potatoes by and by.
[03:32.10]There will be no more misery
[03:34.05]When the world is our rotisserie,
[03:35.97]Yes, we will all fry together when we fry.
[03:38.91]Down by the old maelstrom,
[03:47.13]There'll be a storm before the calm.
[03:51.84]And we will all bake together when we bake.
[03:56.55]There'll be nobody present at the wake.
[04:00.09]With complete participation
[04:02.10]In that grand incineration,
[04:04.08]Nearly three billion hunks of well-done steak.
[04:09.42]Oh we will all char together when we char.
[04:13.02]And let there be no moaning of the bar.
[04:16.29]Just sing out a te deum
[04:18.39]When you see that i.c.b.m.,
[04:20.94]And the party will be "come as you are."
[04:27.36]Oh we will all burn together when we burn.
[04:30.66]There'll be no need to stand and wait your turn.
[04:34.44]When it's time for the fallout
[04:36.42]And saint peter calls us all out,
[04:38.25]We'll just drop our agendas and adjourn.
[04:42.69]You will all go directly to your respective valhallas.
[04:45.18]Go directly, do not pass go, do not collect two hundred dolla's.
[04:50.73]And we will all go together when we go.
[05:01.62]Ev'ry hottenhot and ev'ry eskimo.
[05:05.13]When the air becomes uranious,
[05:08.19]And we will all go simultaneous.
[05:11.40]Yes we all will go together
[05:13.23]When we all go together,
[05:15.00]Yes we all will go together when we go.