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Neutron Bomb
Arlo Guthrie & Pete Seeger
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You know, I was trying to concentrate on this song here and I started
Thinking about the neutron bomb and uh... What, somebody don't like
It? No. I mean, somebody told me that Reagan was asleep when the
When the uh, planes was happening, you know? I think it's good to
Have a sleeping president. That's not a bad idea. The more he sleeps
The safer we are. Right. I ain't worried about nothing. I think the
Neutron bomb's a wonderful idea. People always look at the bad side
Of everything, you know? You hear the word "neutron" and "bomb" and
Stuff, everybody gets shaky. But you know, I mean, that's a wonderful
Idea. It's not in and of itself, it's not wonderful. I mean, it's
Dumb. But the thing is, you know, you can't have, you know, you can't
Have like a light without a dark to stick it in. You know what I'm
Saying? You can't have one thing without the other thing. And so you
Can't have, ultimately, the neutron bomb without having the un-
Neutron bomb as well. I mean, people say, "What's that?" But it's
Obvious what it is. I mean, just think of the neutron bomb. The bad
Guys are coming over the hill, you know, with the tanks and the
Planes, the boats and the whole thing. Here they come. So what?
Reagan wakes up and drops a neutron bomb on 'em. Now what do you got?
You got TVs going, you got radios playing, you got fast food
Happening. And nobody's eating it, nobody's watching it, listening
To it, nothing. Everybody's just dead and rotten. Now what kind of
Fun is that? What, are you gonna go visit 'em? I mean, what are you
Gonna do over there? It's just like wasting the whole place. It's '
Cause that's just no fun to be there like that. But, imagine the un-
Neutron bomb, which is just right around the corner is what scientists
Have told me. It's just right up the street. You just gotta give it
Time, not be worried about the other side. But anyway, imagine, here
Are the bad guys coming over the hill with the guns and the tanks
The planes. And all of a sudden, we drop the un-neutron bomb. And
All the buildings melt, and the guns disintegrate, and there's
Nothing there but full of flowers growing, bird flies flying around
You know what I'm saying? Even clothes disappear. And there's nothing
But naked people everywhere. Now isn't that the kind of war we wanna
Have? Right. Not only that, them Russians got girls in the army
I mean, I don't know if they're worth seeing or not, but it's
Probably worth finding out. Not only that, there's other places
In this world I could think of dropping the un-neutron bomb
Some right here, in this country. Some probably right around
Here. I mean, where it'd be good to kind of start over again
People worried about America. People worried about everything
I'm not worried. Not only that, I stole the song from Tom Paxton
That explains how to get out of my financial difficulties as
Well. Now I'm really not worried. It goes something like this
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