My Home Town-Tom Lehrer

[ti:My Home Town] [ar:Tom Lehrer] [al:My Home Town] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]My Home Town (Shi Da Jie) - Tom Lehrer [00:13.73]I really have a yen [00:14.91] [00:16.07]To go back once again [00:17.46] [00:18.50]Back to the place where [00:19.74]No one wears a frown [00:21.84] [00:23.02]To see once more those [00:24.66]Super-special just plain folks [00:27.49]In my home town [00:29.16] [00:34.09]No fellow could ignore [00:35.53] [00:36.55]The little girl next door [00:38.26] [00:38.88]She sure looked sweet [00:40.30]In her first evening gown [00:42.32] [00:43.44]Now there's a charge [00:44.65]For what she used to give for free [00:47.51]In my home town [00:50.08] [00:52.36]I remember Dan [00:54.77] [00:56.78]The druggist on the corner 'e [00:59.02]Was never mean or ornery [01:01.42]He was swell [01:02.06] [01:03.62]He killed his mother-in-law [01:05.65]And ground her up real well [01:07.87] [01:08.65]And sprinkled just a bit [01:10.74] [01:11.33]Over each banana split [01:13.51] [01:14.36]The guy that taught us math [01:16.42] [01:17.18]Who never took a bath [01:19.73]Acquired a certain measure of renown [01:22.72] [01:24.26]And after school he sold [01:26.01]The most amazing pictures [01:28.52]In my home town [01:30.38] [01:35.13]That fellow was no fool [01:36.69] [01:37.53]Who taught our Sunday School [01:39.34] [01:40.07]And neither was our kindly Parson Brown [01:43.35] [01:48.70]In my home town [01:51.72] [01:53.53]I remember Sam [01:55.98] [01:57.90]He was the village idiot [01:59.36] [02:00.35]And though it seems a pity it [02:02.49]Was so [02:03.39] [02:04.75]He loved to burn down houses [02:06.41]Just to watch the glow [02:09.20] [02:09.79]And nothing could be done [02:12.32]Because he was the mayor's son [02:14.92] [02:15.64]The guy that took a knife [02:17.27] [02:18.07]And monogrammed his wife [02:19.95] [02:20.66]Then dropped her [02:21.65]In the pond and watched her drown [02:24.69] [02:25.34]Oh yes indeed [02:26.66]The people there are just plain folks [02:29.96] [02:30.78]In my home town