Luyện nghe bài hát The Pause of Mr. Claus

words and by Arlo Guthrie

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

Well, a minute. It's hard to be an FBI man. I mean, first
of all, an FBI man, you have to be over 40 years old.
And the reason is that it takes at least 25 years the
organization to be much of a bastard. It's true. You just
join, you know. It needs an atmosphere where your
natural bastardness can and develop and take a
meaningful 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 around, you know. That's part of their job.
me around.

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

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

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

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

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

During these days and hard weeks, everybody always
has it bad in a while. You know, you have a bad time of
it, and you have a friend who says "Hey man, you
ain't got it that bad. at that guy." And you at that
guy, and he's got it worse than you. And it makes you
better 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 worse that guy. Nobody in the
whole world. That guy...he's so alone in the world he
doesn't have a street to lay in for a truck to run him over.
He's out with nothin'. Nothin's 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 friends 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 when he put
the in, they got 30,000 feet of tape 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.

'Cause there's a 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 There are plenty of people that aren't the last
that 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 people? How the
last guy dinner for all those people. And if he could
dinner, and was gonna make dinner, then why did he
call the

They find out all of those 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 that could find out in two minutes, but it's
the only country in the that would take two minutes
for guy.

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

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

We're gonna sing you Christmas carol. It's 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 must think you are
Why do police guys beat on peace

You must think Santa Clause
He has hair and a beard
his presents for free
Why do police mess with peace guys?

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

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