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Tom Lehrer "So Long, Mom (A Song For World War III)"

submitted by calvados

1 decade 5 years 11 months 3 weeks ago

im off to drop the Bomb

Lyrics inside. Classic, funny, bitingly satirical and plenty dark.

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Tom Lehrer:So Long, Mom (A Song For World War III)
This song is performed by Tom Lehrer and appears on the album That Was The Year That Was (1993).

So long, mom,
I'm off to drop the Bomb
So don't wait up for me
But while you swelter
Down there in your shelter
You can see me
On your TV

While we're attacking frontally
Watch Brinkally and Huntally
Describing contrapuntally
The cities we have lost
No need for you to miss a minute
Of the agonizing holocaust
Yeah!

Little Johnny Jones
He was a US pilot
And no shrinking violet
Was he, he was mighty proud
When World War III was declared
He wasn't scared
No siree!

And this is what he said on
His way to Armageddon:

So long, mom,
I'm off to drop the Bomb
So don't wait up for me
But though I may roam
I'll come back to my home
Although it may be
A pile of debris

Remember, mommy,
I'm off to get a commie
So send me a salami
And try to smile somehow
I'll look for you
When the war is over
An hour and a half from now!

http://lyricwiki.org/Tom_Lehrer:So_Long,_Mom_(A_Song_For_World_War_III)

Moving this video to calvados's personal queue. It failed to receive enough votes to get sifted up to the front page within 2 days.

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Sending this video to Beggar's Canyon to plea for a little attention - beg requested by original submitter calvados.

*beg

Sending this video to Beggar's Canyon to plea for a little attention - beg requested by original submitter calvados.

Different occasion, different preamble:

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