Luyện nghe bài hát The Pause of Mr. Claus

words and music by Guthrie

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

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

But that's not why I want to 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 part of job.
me around.

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

I go to get some gasoline. They have to figure out
they should with the car or follow me. Suppose 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 they gotta pay the fare. But the thing is that
when you pay the full fare, you to get on the airplane
first, so that they know how many are left over for the
half fare kids. Right? And sometimes there aren't any
left over, and sometimes there are, but that mean that
you to go.

Suppose that he gets on and fills up the last seat, so you
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.

During these hard days and hard weeks, always
has it bad once in a while. You know, you a bad time of
it, and you always a friend who says "Hey man, you
ain't got it that bad. Look at that guy." And you at
guy, and he's got it worse you. And it makes you feel
better there's somebody that's got it worse than you.

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

And all that he has to do to 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 Ho and Chair-
man Mao, and their are comin' over for dinner" (click)
up the phone.

And two minutes, and not two minutes from when he
up the phone, but two minutes from 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 they
out a a million 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, he get a dime
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 dime to the FBI, how was he
gonna dinner for all of those people? How could the
last guy make for all those people. And if he could
make dinner, and was make dinner, then why did he
the FBI?

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

Other countries would say "Hey, he's the 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!" then everybody knows
that an FBI man and that's a drag for you and your
friends.

not really your friends, are they? I mean, so you can't
get up and say 'cause other wise, you gotta get sent
to the factory and that's a drag for you and it's an
expense for the government, and that's a 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 so strange?
Is it because you are
You must think you are
Why do police guys beat on peace

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

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

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