Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song The Pause of Mr. Claus, artist - Arlo Guthrie. Album song Arlo, in the genre Музыка мира
Date of issue: 21.07.1968
Record label: Rising Son
Song language: English
The Pause of Mr. Claus |
But that’s not why I want to dedicate the song to the FBI. |
I mean, |
the job that they have to do is a drag. |
I mean, they have To follow people |
around, you know. |
That’s part of their job. |
Follow me around |
I’m out on the highway and I’m drivin down the road and I run out of gasoline. |
I pull over to the side of the road. |
They gotta pull over too — make believe |
that they ran out, you know |
I go to get some gasoline. |
They have to figure out whether they should stick |
with the car or follow me. |
Suppose I don’t come back and they’re stayin with |
the car |
Or if I fly on the airplanes, I could fly half fare because I’m 12 To 22. |
And they gotta pay the full fare. |
But the thing is that When you pay the full |
fare, you have to get on the airplane first, so that they know how many seats |
are left over for the half fare kids. |
Right? |
And sometimes there aren’t any |
seats left over, and sometimes there are, but that doesn’t mean that you have |
to go. |
Suppose that he gets on and fills up the last seat, so you can’t get on. |
Then he gets off then you can get on. |
What’s he gonna do? |
Well, it’s a drag for him. |
But that’s not why I want to dedicate the song to |
the FBI. |
During these hard days and hard weeks, everybody always has it bad |
once in a while. |
You know, you have a bad time of it, and you always have a |
friend who says «Hey man, you ain’t got it that bad. |
Look at that guy. |
«And you look at that guy, and he’s got it worse than you. |
And it makes you |
feel better that there’s somebody that’s got it worse than you |
But think of the last guy. |
For one minute, think of the last guy. |
Nobody’s got it worse than that guy. |
Nobody in the whole world. |
That guy … |
he’s so alone in the world that he isn’t even have a street to lay in for a |
truck to run him over. |
He’s out there with nothin. |
Nothin’s happenin for that |
cat |
And all that he has to do to create a little excitement in his own life is to |
bum a dime from somewhere, call up the FBI. |
Say, «FBI?», they say «Yes?». |
Say, «I dig Uncle Ho and Chairman Mao and their friends are comin over for |
dinner.» |
(click) Hang up the phone |
And within two minutes, and not two minutes from when he hangs up the phone, |
but two minutes from when he first put the dime in, they got 30, |
000 feet of tape rollin, files on tape, pictures, movies, dramas, |
actions on tape. |
But then they send out a half a million people all over the |
entire world, the globe, they find out all they can about this guy |
Cause there’s a number of questions involved in the guy. |
I mean, |
if he was the last guy in the world, how’d he get a dime to call the FBI? |
There are plenty of people that aren’t the last guys that can’t get dimes. |
He comes along and he gets a dime. |
I mean, if he had to bum a dime to call the |
FBI, how was he gonna serve dinner for all of those people? |
How could the last |
guy MAKE dinner for all those people. |
And if he could make dinner, |
and was gonna make dinner, then why did he call the FBI? |
They find out all of those questions within two minutes. |
And that’s a great |
thing about America. |
I mean, this is the only country in the world … |
I mean, well, it’s not the only country in the world that could find stuff out |
in two minutes, but it’s the only country in the world that would take two |
minutes for that guy |
Other countries would say «Hey, he’s the last guy … screw em», you know? |
But in America, there IS no discrimination, and there IS no hypocrisy, |
cause they’ll get ANYBODY. |
And that’s a wonderful thing about America |
And that’s why tonight I’d like to dedicate it to every FBI man in the audience. |
I know you can’t say nothin, you know, you can’t get up and say «Hi! |
«cause then everybody knows that you’re an FBI man and that’s a drag for you |
and your friends |
They’re not really your friends, are they? |
I mean, so you can’t get up and say |
nothin cause otherwise, you gotta get sent back to the factory and that’s a |
drag for you and it’s an expense for the government, and THAT’S a drag for you |
We’re gonna sing you this Christmas carol. |
It’s for all you bastards out there |
in the audience tonight. |
It’s called «The Pause of Mr. Claus» |
Why do you sit there so strange? |
Is it because you are beautiful? |
You must think you are deranged |
Why do police guys beat on peace guys? |
You must think Santa Clause weird |
He has long hair and a beard |
Giving his presents for free |
Why do police guys mess with peace guys? |
Let’s get Santa Clause cause |
Santa Clause has a red suit |
He’s a Communist |
And a beard and long hair |
Must be a pacifist |
What’s in the pipe that he’s smoking? |
Mister Clause sneaks in your home at night |
He must be a dope fiend, to put you up tight |
Why do police guys beat on peace guys? |
Story and Song Writer: Arlo Guthrie |