Luyện nghe bài hát The Pause of Mr. Claus

words and music by Guthrie

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

Well, wait a minute. It's hard to be an FBI man. I mean,
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
to be that much of a bastard. It's true. You just
can't join, you know. It needs an where your
natural can grow and develop and take a
shape in today's complex society.

But that's not why I want to dedicate the to the FBI. I
mean, the job that they have to do is a drag. I mean, they
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 of the road. They
gotta pull over too - make that they ran out, you
know.

I go to get gasoline. They have to figure out whether
they should 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 fly half fare because I'm 12
to 22. And they pay the full fare. But the thing is that
when you pay the fare, you have to get on the airplane
first, so that they know how seats are left over for the
half fare kids. And sometimes there aren't any seats
left over, and sometimes there are, but that mean that
you to go.

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

Well, it's a drag for him. But that's not why I want to
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 friend who "Hey man, you
ain't got it bad. Look at that guy." And you at that
guy, and he's got it worse than you. And it makes you
that there's somebody that's got it worse than you.

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

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

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

there's 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 the last
guys that can't get dimes. He comes and he gets a dime.

I mean, if he had to bum a to call the FBI, how was he
gonna dinner for all of those people? 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 those questions two minutes. And
that's a great thing America. I mean, this is the only
country in the world...l mean, well, it's not the country
in the world that could stuff out in two minutes, but it's
the only country in the world that would two minutes
for guy.

countries would say "Hey, he's the last guy...screw
him", you know? But in America, is no discrimination,
and is no hypocrisy,'cause they'll get anybody. And that's
a wonderful thing America.

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

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

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

Why do you sit so strange?
Is it because you are
You must think you are
Why do police guys on peace guys?

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

Let's get Santa Clause
Santa has a red suit
a communist
And a beard, and long
Must be a
What's in the that he's smoking?

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