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KharmaTrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-30-08 08:53 PM
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2. A Truly Great and Unrecognized Talent
Great to see he's still got the great sensibility I remember seeing live at Northwestern University nearly 35 years ago.

Here's one of my Lehrer Faves from 1965...

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

France got the bomb, but don't you grieve,
'Cause they're on our side (I believe).
China got the bomb, but have no fears,
They can't wipe us out for at least five years.
Who's next?

Then Indonesia claimed that they
Were gonna get one any day.
South Africa wants two, that's right:
One for the black and one for the white.
Who's next?

Egypt's gonna get one too,
Just to use on you know who.
So Israel's getting tense.
Wants one in self defense.
"The Lord's our shepherd," says the psalm,
But just in case, we better get a bomb.
Who's next?

Luxembourg is next to go,
And (who knows?) maybe Monaco.
We'll try to stay serene and calm
When Alabama gets the bomb.
Who's next?
Who's next?
Who's next?
Who's next?
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  -Tom Lehrer is alive and well and voting for Obama AllyCat  Jul-30-08 08:48 PM   #0 
  - Tom Lehrer, an American genius  grasswire   Jul-30-08 08:52 PM   #1 
  - I am letting loose with my age here..but its  peacetrain   Jul-31-08 06:53 AM   #16 
  - A Truly Great and Unrecognized Talent  KharmaTrain   Jul-30-08 08:53 PM   #2 
  - Holy Shit..  GoPsUx   Jul-30-08 08:55 PM   #3 
  - When I visited MIT (where he used to teach) in 1972...  Cassandra   Jul-30-08 09:20 PM   #5 
  - I thought the same thing! Went looking for vital stats and saw a DOB...  AllyCat   Jul-31-08 12:03 AM   #13 
  - The Wild West is where I long to be  wicasa   Jul-30-08 09:03 PM   #4 
  - K&R for Tom  Patsy Stone   Jul-30-08 09:22 PM   #6 
  - The man is a giant.  JeffR   Jul-30-08 09:23 PM   #7 
  - Even more appropriate than ever  FloridaJudy   Jul-30-08 09:25 PM   #8 
  - I would call that song ALWAYS appropriate in ALL times.  beachmom   Jul-31-08 09:43 PM   #22 
  - "by the time Mozart was my age ......"  kwassa   Jul-30-08 09:26 PM   #9 
  - Very, very cool! Thanks! nt  eppur_se_muova   Jul-30-08 09:48 PM   #10 
  - Kick!  zidzi   Jul-30-08 10:04 PM   #11 
  - That Was the Week that Was  starroute   Jul-30-08 10:55 PM   #12 
  - "Satire died the day Kissinger was made a Nobel laureate" - Tom Lehrer  REP   Jul-31-08 04:04 AM   #14 
  - He wore off on a lot of us whippersnappers, too.  sofa king   Jul-31-08 06:23 AM   #15 
  - Grew up on TWTWTW!  tbyg52   Jul-31-08 06:17 PM   #17 
  - He's still alive?  AnnieBW   Jul-31-08 09:33 PM   #18 
  - Shout out to Tom Lehrer. I love you!  yardwork   Jul-31-08 09:35 PM   #19 
  - I grew up with his songs !! A family favorite !! /nt  Overseas   Jul-31-08 09:37 PM   #20 
  - On National Brotherhood Week: "You know, there are some people who do not love their fellow human  beachmom   Jul-31-08 09:40 PM   #21 
  - I hope somehow that he can read this--what a effing GENIUS! My parents loved him  blondeatlast   Jul-31-08 09:48 PM   #23 
 

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