Songtexte So Long, Mom (A Song for World War III) - Tom Lehrer

So long, Mom
I'm off to drop the bomb
So don't wait up for me
But while you swelter
Down there in your shelter
You can see me
On your TV

While we're attacking frontally
Watch Brinkally and Huntally
Describing contrapuntally
The cities we have lost
No need for you to miss a minute
Of the agonizing holocaust

Little Johnny Jones, he was a U.S. pilot
And no shrinking violet was he
He was mighty proud when World War III was declared
He wasn't scared
No sirree

And this is what he said on
His way to armageddon

So long, Mom
I'm off to drop the bomb
So don't wait up for me
But though I may roam
I'll come back to my home
Although it may be
A pile of debris

Remember, Mommy
I'm off to get a Commie
So send me a salami
And try to smile somehow
I'll look for you when the war is over
An hour and a half from now