Tom Lehrer - Poisoning Pigeons In The Park - Live Lyrics

Lyrics Poisoning Pigeons In The Park - Live - Tom Lehrer



I'd like to take you now on wings of song as it were,
And try and help you forget, perhaps, for a while,
Your drab wretched lives.
Here is a song all about springtime in general,
And in particular about one of the many delightful
Pastimes that the coming of spring affords us all:
Spring is here
A-suh-puh-ring is here
Life is skittles and life is beer
I think the loveliest time
Of the year is the spring
I do, don't you? 'Course you do
But there's one thing
That makes spring complete for me
And makes every Sunday
A treat for me
All the world seems in tune
On a spring afternoon
When we're poisoning pigeons in the park
Every Sunday you'll see
My sweetheart and me
As we poison the pigeons in the park
When they see us coming
The birdies all try an' hide
But they still go for peanuts
When coated with cyanide
The sun's shining bright
Everything seems all right
When we're poisoning pigeons in the park
We've gained notoriety
And caused much anxiety
In the Audubon Society
With our games
They call it impiety
And lack of propriety
And quite a variety
Of unpleasant names
But it's not against any religion
To want to dispose of a pigeon
So if Sunday you're free
Why don't you come with me
And we'll poison the pigeons in the park
And maybe we'll do
In a squirrel or two
While we're poisoning pigeons in the park
We'll murder them all
Amid laughter and merriment
Except for the few
We take home to experiment
My pulse will be quickenin'
With each drop of strych'nine
We feed to a pigeon
(It just takes a smidgin!)
To poison a pigeon in the park



Writer(s): Lehrer Tom


Tom Lehrer - An Evening With
Album An Evening With
date of release
24-06-2011

1 The Old Dope Peddler
2 Be Prepared
3 The Wild West Is Where I Want To Be
4 I Wanna Go Back To Dixie
5 Fight Fiercely, Harvard
6 Lobachevsky
7 The Irish Ballad
8 The Hunting Song
9 My Home Town
10 When You Are Old And Grey
11 I Hold Your Hand In Mine
12 The Wiener Schnitzel Waltz
13 Poisoning Pigeons In the Park
14 Bright College Days
15 A Christmas Carol
16 The Elements
17 Oedipus Rex
18 In Old Mexico
19 Clementine
20 It Makes a Fellow Proud to Be a Soldier
21 She's My Girl
22 The Masochism Tango
23 We Will All Go Together When We Go
24 Poisoning Pigeons In The Park - Live
25 Bright College Days - Live
26 A Christmas Carol - Live
27 The Elements - Live
28 Oedipus Rex - Live
29 In Old Mexico - Live
30 Clementine - Live
31 It Makes A Fellow Proud To Be A Soldier - Live
32 She's My Girl - Live
33 The Masochism Tango - Live
34 We Will All Go Together When We Go - Live
35 I Wanna Go Back To Dixie - Live
36 The Wild West Is Where I Want To Be - Live
37 The Old Dope Peddler - Live
38 Fight Fiercely, Harvard - Live
39 Lobachevsky - Live
40 The Irish Ballad - Live
41 The Hunting Song - Live
42 My Home Town - Live
43 The Wiener Schnitzel Waltz - Live
44 Be Prepared - Live




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