Luyện nghe bài hát The Pause of Mr. Claus

words and by Arlo Guthrie

This next song 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 to be over 40 years old.
And the reason is that it takes at least 25 with the
organization to be that much of a bastard. true. You just
can't join, you know. It an atmosphere where your
natural bastardness can and develop and take a
meaningful shape in today's 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, have
to follow people around, you know. That's of their job.
me around.

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

I go to get gasoline. They have to figure out whether
they stick with the car or follow me. Suppose I don't
back 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 gotta pay the full fare. But the thing is that
when you pay the full fare, you to get on the airplane
first, so that they 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 that doesn't mean
you to go.

that he gets on and fills up the last seat, so you can't
get on. Then he gets off then you can get on. 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 a friend who says "Hey man, you
got it that bad. Look at that guy." And you at that
guy, and he's got it worse than you. And it you feel
better that there's somebody that's got it than you.

But think of the last guy. For one minute, of the last
guy. got it worse than that guy. Nobody in the
whole world. That guy...he's so alone in the that he
doesn't even have a street to lay in for a to run him over.
He's out there 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 friends are comin' over for dinner" (click)
up the phone.

And within two minutes, and not two minutes when he
hangs up the phone, but two minutes from 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 people all over the entire world, the globe,
find out all they can about this guy.

'Cause a number of questions involved in the guy. I
mean, if he was the guy in the world, how'd 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 and he gets a dime.

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

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

Other 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 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 drag for you and
friends.

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

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

Why do you sit so strange?
Is it because you are
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 for free
Why do police guys with peace 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 in your home at night.
He must be a dope fiend, to put you up
Why do guys beat on peace guys?