Luyện nghe bài hát The Pause of Mr. Claus

words and by Arlo Guthrie

next song we're going to dedicate to a great American
organization. Tonight I'd to dedicate this to our boys
in the FBI.

Well, wait a minute. hard to be an FBI man. I mean, first
of all, being an FBI man, you have to be over 40 old.
And the is that it takes at least 25 years with the
organization to be that much of a bastard. true. You just
can't join, you know. It needs an where your
natural can grow and develop and take a
meaningful shape in complex society.

But that's not why I want to the song to the FBI. I
mean, the job they have to do is a drag. I mean, they have
to follow people around, you know. part of their job.
me around.

I'm out on the and I'm drivin' down the road and I
run out of gasoline. I pull over to the side of the road.
gotta pull too - make believe that they ran out, you
know.

I go to get some gasoline. They to figure out whether
they stick with the car or follow me. Suppose I don't
come and they're stayin' with the car.

Or if I fly on the airplanes, I could fly half because I'm 12
to 22. And they gotta pay the full fare. But the is that
you pay the full fare, you have to get on the airplane
first, so they know how many seats are left over for the
fare kids. Right? And sometimes there aren't any seats
left over, and sometimes there are, but that doesn't that
you to go.

Suppose that he gets on and fills up the seat, so you can't
get on. Then he off then you can get on. What's he gonna
do?

Well, it's a for him. But that's not why I want to dedicate
the to the FBI.

these hard days and hard weeks, everybody always
has it bad in a while. You know, you have a bad time of
it, and you always have a who says "Hey man, you
got it that bad. Look at that guy." And you at that
guy, and got it worse than you. And it makes you feel
better that there's somebody got it worse than you.

But think of the guy. For one minute, think of the last
guy. Nobody's got it worse than guy. Nobody in the
whole world. That guy...he's so alone in the world he
doesn't even have a street to lay in for a to run him over.
out there with nothin'. Nothin's happenin' for that cat.

And all that he has to do to create a excitement in his
own life is to bum a dime somewhere, call up the FBI.
Say "FBl?", say "Yes", say "I dig Uncle Ho and Chair-
man Mao, and their are comin' over for dinner" (click)
up the phone.

And within two minutes, and not two minutes from he
hangs up the phone, but two minutes from he first put
the dime in, they got 30,000 feet of tape rollin'; on tape;
pictures, movies, dramas, on tape. But then they send
out a half a people all over the entire world, the globe,
they find out all can about this guy.

'Cause a number of questions involved in the guy. I
mean, if he was the last guy in the world, how'd he get a
to call the FBI? There are plenty of people that aren't the
guys can't get dimes. He comes along and he gets a dime.

I mean, if he had to bum a to call the FBI, how was he
gonna serve dinner for all of those How could the
guy make dinner for all those people. And if he could
make dinner, and was make dinner, then why did he
call the

They find out all of questions within two minutes. And
a great thing about America. I mean, this is the only
country in the world...l mean, well, not the only country
in the world could find stuff out in two minutes, but it's
the country in the world that would take two minutes
for guy.

Other countries would say "Hey, the last guy...screw
him", you But in America, there is no discrimination,
and there is no hypocrisy,'cause they'll get anybody. And
a wonderful about America.

And that's why tonight I'd like to dedicate it to FBI
man in the audience. I you can't say nothin', you know,
you can't get up and say "Hi!" then everybody knows
that you're an FBI man and that's a drag for you and
friends.

They're not really your friends, are I mean, so you can't
get up and say nothin' 'cause wise, you gotta get sent
back to the factory and that's a for you and it's an
expense for the government, and a drag for you.

We're gonna sing you this Christmas carol. for all you
bastards out there in the tonight. It's called "The
of Mr. Claus".

Why do you sit there so
Is it you are beautiful?
You think you are deranged
Why do police guys beat on guys?

You must think Santa weird
He has long hair and a
Giving his presents for
Why do police mess with peace guys?

Let's get Santa 'cause;
Clause has a red suit
He's a
And a beard, and hair
Must be a
in the pipe that he's smoking?

Mister Clause sneaks in home at night.
He be a dope fiend, to put you up tight
Why do police beat on peace guys?