Lyrics One Million Lawyers - Tom Paxton
ONE
MILLION
LAWYERS
by
Tom
Paxton
Humankind
has
survived
some
disasters,
I'm
sure.
Like
locusts
and
flash
floods
and
flu.
There's
never
a
moment
when
we've
been
secure
From
the
ills
that
the
flesh
is
heir
to.
If
it
isn't
a
war,
it's
some
gruesome
disease.
If
it
isn't
disease,
then
it's
war.
But
there's
worse
still
to
come,
and
I'm
asking
you
please
How
the
world's
gonna
take
any
more?
(CHORUS:)
In
ten
years
we're
gonna
have
one
million
lawyers,
One
million
lawyers,
one
million
lawyers.
In
ten
years
we're
gonna
have
one
million
lawyers.
How
much
can
a
poor
nation
stand?
The
world
shook
with
dread
of
Atilla
the
Hun
As
he
conquered
with
fire
and
steel,
And
Genghis
and
Kubla
and
all
of
the
Kahns
Ground
a
groaning
world
under
the
heel.
Disaster,
disaster,
so
what
else
is
new?
We've
suffered
the
worst
and
then
some.
So
I'm
sorry
to
tell
you,
my
suffering
friends,
Of
the
terrible
scourge
still
to
come.
(CHORUS)
(BREAK:)
Oh,
a
suffering
world
cries
for
mercy
As
far
as
the
eye
can
see.
Lawyers
around
every
bend
in
the
road,
Laywers
in
every
tree,
Lawyers
in
restaurants,
lawyers
in
clubs,
Lawyers
behind
every
door,
Behind
windows
and
potted
plants,
shade
trees
and
shrubs,
Lawyers
on
pogo
sticks,
lawyers
in
politics!
(CHORUS)
In
spring
there's
tornadoes
and
rampaging
floods,
In
summer
it's
heat
stroke
and
draught.
There's
Ivy
League
football
to
ruin
the
fall,
It's
a
terrible
scourge,
without
doubt.
There
are
blizzards
to
batter
the
shivering
plain.
There
are
dust
storms
that
strike,
but
far
worse
Is
the
threat
of
disaster
to
shrivel
the
brain,
It's
the
threat
of
implacable
curse.
In
ten
years
we're
gonna
have
one
million
lawyers,
One
million
lawyers,
one
million
lawyers.
In
ten
years
we're
gonna
have
one
million
lawyers.
How
much
can
a
poor
nation
stand?
How
much
can
a
poor
nation
stand
1 Yuppies In The Sky
2 One Million Lawyers
3 My Ramblin' Boy
4 It's All Coming Together
5 Who Will Feed The People?
6 Where I'm Bound
7 Home For Me
8 The Marvelous Toy
9 It Ain't Easy
10 Bottle Of Wine
11 Getting Up Early
12 Passing Through Tulsa
13 Along The Verdigris
14 Come Along With Me
15 Last Thing On My Mind
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