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 like to dedicate this to our
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 much of a bastard. It's true. You just
can't join, you know. It needs an atmosphere your
natural bastardness can grow and develop and a
meaningful in today's complex society.

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

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

I go to get some gasoline. have to figure out whether
they should stick with the car or follow me. Suppose I
come back and they're with the car.

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

During these hard days and hard weeks, everybody
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
got it that bad. Look at that guy." And you at that
guy, and he's got it than you. And it makes you feel
better that somebody that's got it worse than you.

But think of the last guy. For one minute, think of the
guy. Nobody's got it worse that guy. Nobody in the
whole world. guy...he's so alone in the world that he
doesn't even have a to lay in for a truck to run him over.
He's out 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 from somewhere, up the FBI.
Say "FBl?", say "Yes", say "I dig Uncle Ho and Chair-
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 from he first put
the dime in, 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 over the 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, he get a dime
to call the FBI? are plenty of people that aren't the last
guys that can't get dimes. He comes along and he 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
the FBI?

They out all of those questions within two minutes. And
that's a great thing 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 world that would take two
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 thing about America.

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

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

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

Why do you sit so strange?
Is it you are beautiful?
You must you are deranged
Why do police guys beat on peace

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

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

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