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4. The Magnificent Seven
Sat Feb 4, 2012, 01:56 PM
Feb 2012

Ring! Ring! It is 7 A.M.!
Move y´self to go again
Cold water in the face
Brings you back to this awful place

Knuckle merchants & you bankers, too
Must get up an´ learn those rules
Weather man & the crazy chief
One says sun & one says sleet

A.M., the F.M. the P.M. too
Churning out that boogaloo
Gets you up & gets you out
But how long can you keep it up?

Gimme Honda, Gimme Sony
So cheap & real phony
Hong Kong dollars & Indian cents
English pounds & Eskimo pence

You lot! What?
Don´t stop! Give it all you got!
You lot! What?
Don´t stop! Yea!

Working for a rise, better my station
Take my baby to sophistication
She has seen the ads, she thinks it is nice
Better work hard - I seen the price

Never mind that it is time for the bus
We got to work - an´ you are one of us
Clocks go slow in a place of work
Minutes drag & the hours jerk

"When can I tell em wot I do?
In a 2nd, maaan...oright Chuck!"

Wave bub-bub-bub-bye to the boss
It is our profit, it is his loss
But anyway lunch bells ring
Take one hour & do your thanng!
Cheeesboiger!

What do we´ve for entertainment?
Cops kickin´ Gypsies on the pavement
Now the news - snap to attention!
The lunar landing of the dentist convention

Italian mobster shoots a lobster
Seafood restaurant gets out of hand
A car in the fridge
Or a fridge in the car?
Like cowboys do - in T.V. land

You lot! What? Don´t stop. Huh?

So get back to work an´ sweat some more
The sun will sink an´ we will get out the door
It is no good for man to work in cages
Hits the town, he drinks his wages

You are frettin´, you are sweatin´
But did you notice you aint gettin´?
Don´t you ever stop long enough to start?
To take your car outta that gear

Don´t you ever stop long enough to start?
To get your car outta that gear
Karlo Marx & Fredrich Engels
Came to the checkout at the 7-11
Marx was skint - but he had sense
Engels lent him the necessary pence

What have we got? Yeh-o, magnificence!!

Luther King & Mahatma Gandhi
Went to the park to check on the game
But they was murdered by the other team
Who went on to win 50-nil

You can be true, you can be false
You be given the same reward
Socrates & Milhous Nixon
Both went the same way - through the kitchen

Plato the Greek or Rin Tin Tin
Who has more famous to the billion millions?
News Flash: Vacuum Cleaner Sucks Up Budgie
Oooohh...bub-bye

Magnificence!!

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Best "Thank You for Welcoming Me" post ever! Cooley Hurd Feb 2012 #9
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You're right. Fixed. nt Guy Whitey Corngood Feb 2012 #17
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