One of my favorite entertainers is Tom Lehrer. He was active in the 1960's. Many of you may remember a song he did called "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park." However, he had an extensive reportuare of songs, many of which have a wonderful political bent. One song he had was a song of the Wild West written in his days as a physicist at the Los Alamos Laboratory. A line in the song said something about watching the planes droping bombs "while the old FBI was watching me."
Some of his songs bordered on the bizarre and I present this one forthwith:
Just the musings of a humble Spaceport Bartender about the world he finds himself in.
Monday, May 24, 2010
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