The World Is a Beautiful Place-Lawrence Ferlinghetti

[ti:The World Is a Beautiful Place] [ar:Lawrence Ferlinghetti] [al:Tentative Description of a Dinner to Promote the Impeachment of President Eisenhower] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The World Is a Beautiful Place - Lawrence Ferlinghetti [00:01.02]The world is a beautiful place [00:02.87] [00:05.42]The world is a beautiful place [00:07.47] [00:08.18]To be born into [00:09.13] [00:09.98]If you don't mind happiness [00:11.48] [00:12.12]Not always being [00:13.02] [00:13.76]So very much fun [00:14.71] [00:16.01]If you don't mind a touch of hell [00:18.44]Now and then [00:19.16] [00:19.84]Just when everything is fine [00:21.27] [00:22.46]Because even in heaven [00:23.81] [00:24.55]They don't sing [00:25.25] [00:26.06]All the time [00:26.96] [00:27.78]The world is a beautiful place [00:29.71] [00:30.50]To be born into [00:31.39] [00:32.42]If you don't mind some people dying [00:34.34] [00:34.99]All the time [00:35.68] [00:36.47]Or maybe only starving [00:37.52] [00:38.23]Some of the time [00:38.98] [00:39.83]Which isn't half bad [00:41.07] [00:42.15]If it isn't you [00:43.34] [00:44.45]Oh the world is a beautiful place [00:46.42] [00:47.47]To be born into [00:48.49] [00:49.26]If you don't much mind [00:50.65] [00:51.19]A few dead minds [00:52.22] [00:52.77]In the higher places [00:53.70] [00:55.04]Or a bomb or two [00:56.10] [00:56.77]Now and then [00:57.43] [00:58.02]In your upturned faces [00:59.59] [01:00.41]Or such other improprieties [01:01.57] [01:02.68]As our name brand society [01:04.41] [01:05.51]Is prey to [01:06.27] [01:07.04]With its men of distinction [01:08.62] [01:09.29]And its men of extinction [01:10.65] [01:11.49]And its priests [01:12.25] [01:13.01]And other patrolmen [01:13.90] [01:15.10]And its various segregations [01:16.47] [01:17.42]And congressional investigations [01:18.76] [01:20.00]And other constipations [01:21.06] [01:22.50]That our fool flesh [01:24.12] [01:24.93]Is heir to [01:25.69] [01:26.50]Yes the world is the best place of all [01:28.94] [01:29.56]For a lot of such things as [01:31.27] [01:31.89]Making the fun scene [01:33.08] [01:33.85]And making the love scene [01:35.12] [01:35.85]And making the sad scene [01:37.24] [01:37.93]And singing low songs and having inspirations [01:40.34] [01:40.95]And walking around [01:41.99]Looking at everything [01:43.01]And smelling flowers [01:44.22]And goosing statues [01:45.24]And even thinking [01:46.14]And kissing people and [01:47.30]Making babies and wearing pants [01:48.45]And waving hats and [01:49.17]Dancing [01:50.31]And going swimming in rivers [01:51.65]On picnics [01:52.35]In the middle of the summer [01:53.52]And just generally [01:54.49] [01:55.06]'Living it up' [01:55.95] [01:56.72]Yes [01:57.42]But then right in the middle of it [01:59.90] [02:00.68]Comes the smiling [02:01.47] [02:02.24]Mortician