Poisoning Pigeons In The Park-Tom Lehrer

[ti:Poisoning Pigeons In The Park] [ar:Tom Lehrer] [al:The Elements] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.43]I'd like to take you now [00:01.73]On wings of song as it were [00:03.71] [00:04.45]And try and help you forget [00:06.11]Perhaps for a while [00:07.66]Your drab wretched lives [00:08.98] [00:11.83]Here is a song all [00:12.84]About springtime in general [00:14.12] [00:14.78]And in particular about one [00:15.89]Of the many delightful [00:16.96]Pastimes that the coming [00:18.66]Of spring affords us all: [00:19.87] [00:27.32]Spring is here [00:28.64]A suh puh ring is here [00:30.04] [00:30.88]Life is skittles and life is beer [00:33.32] [00:33.93]I think the loveliest time [00:35.97]Of the year is the spring [00:37.68]I do don't you 'course you do [00:40.10] [00:40.87]But there's one thing [00:42.11]That makes spring complete for me [00:43.88] [00:44.80]And makes every sunday [00:46.04] [00:46.73]A treat for me [00:49.35] [00:50.30]All the world seems in tune [00:53.85]On a spring afternoon [00:55.29]When we're poisoning pigeons in the park [00:57.30] [01:01.90]Every sunday you'll see [01:03.63]My sweetheart and me [01:05.13]As we poison the pigeons in the park [01:07.28] [01:11.39]When they see us coming [01:12.90]The birdies all try and hide [01:14.63] [01:15.69]But they still go for peanuts [01:17.43]When coated with cyanide [01:20.49]The sun's shining bright [01:22.07]Everything seems all right [01:23.61]When we're poisoning pigeons in the park [01:26.11] [01:33.51]We've gained notoriety [01:34.86]And caused much anxiety [01:36.19]In the audubon society [01:37.87] [01:38.40]With our games [01:39.33] [01:40.13]They call it impiety [01:41.68]And lack of propriety [01:43.32]And quite a variety [01:45.09]Of unpleasant names [01:46.99]But it's not against any religion [01:49.42] [01:50.32]To want to dispose of a pigeon [01:53.45] [01:55.02]So if sunday you're free [01:59.34]Why don't you come with me [02:01.10]And we'll poison the pigeons in the park [02:03.08] [02:05.92]And maybe we'll do [02:07.25]In a squirrel or two [02:09.03]While we're poisoning pigeons in the park [02:12.22] [02:15.40]We'll murder them all [02:17.23]Amid laughter and merriment [02:18.49] [02:19.82]Except for the few [02:21.23]We take home to experiment [02:23.26] [02:24.06]My pulse will be quickenin' [02:25.76]With each drop of strych'nine [02:27.40]We feed to a pigeon [02:29.00](it just takes a smidgin ) [02:30.60]To poison a pigeon in the park [02:32.46] [02:33.06]Poisoning Pigeons In The Park - Tom Lehrer