Poisoning Pigeons in the Park-Tom Lehrer

[ti:Poisoning Pigeons in the Park] [ar:Tom Lehrer] [al:The Very Best of Tom Lehrer] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.55]I'd like to take you now on wings of song [00:03.28]As it were [00:03.84] [00:04.74]And try and help you forget perhaps for a [00:07.29]While your drab wretched lives [00:09.26] [00:11.81]Here's a song all about spring time in general [00:14.89]And in particula [00:15.78]Out one of the many delightful pastimes [00:17.57]The coming of spring affords us all [00:19.53] [00:27.24]Spring is here a suh puh ring is here [00:29.92] [00:30.73]Life is skittles and life is beer [00:33.75]I think the loveliest time [00:35.82]Of the year is the spring [00:37.43]I do don't you 'course you do [00:39.91] [00:40.64]But there's one thing [00:41.80]That makes spring complete for me [00:43.68] [00:44.30]And makes ev'ry sunday a treat for me [00:48.97] [00:49.82]All the world seems in tune [00:53.34]On a spring afternoon [00:54.90]When we're poisoning pigeons in the park [00:57.35] [01:01.47]Ev'ry sunday you'll see [01:03.25]My sweetheart and me [01:04.69]As we poison the pigeons in the park [01:07.27] [01:10.80]When they see us coming [01:12.34]The birdies all try an' hide [01:14.02] [01:15.13]But they still go for peanuts [01:16.75]When coated with cyanide [01:19.82]The sun's shining bright [01:21.33]Ev'rything seems all right [01:22.87]When we're poisoning pigeons in the park [01:25.52]Lalaalaalalaladoodiedieedoodoodoo [01:31.64] [01:32.61]We've gained notoriety [01:34.14]And caused much anxiety [01:35.69]In the audubon society [01:37.57]With our games [01:38.68] [01:39.19]They call it impiety [01:40.86]And lack of propriety [01:42.47]And quite a variety [01:44.04]Of unpleasant names [01:45.98]But it's not against any religion [01:47.91] [01:49.23]To want to dispose of a pigeon [01:53.36] [01:53.98]So if sunday you're free [01:58.25]Why don't you come with me [01:59.84]And we'll poison the pigeons in the park [02:01.97] [02:04.69]And maybe we'll do [02:05.91]In a squirrel or two [02:07.70]While we're poisoning pigeons in the park [02:10.00] [02:14.07]We'll murder them all [02:16.07]Amid laughter and merriment [02:17.25] [02:18.45]Except for the few [02:19.82]We take home to experiment [02:21.86] [02:22.70]My pulse will be quickenin' [02:24.40]With each drop of strychnine [02:26.17]We feed to a pigeon [02:27.55]It just takes a smidgin [02:29.04]To poison a pigeon in the park [02:31.54]Poisoning Pigeons in the Park - Tom Lehrer