[ti:Poisoning Pigeons In The Park (Orchestrated Version)] [ar:Tom Lehrer] [al:The Very Best Of] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Poisoning Pigeons In The Park (Orchestrated Version) - Tom Lehrer [00:07.45]Spring is here [00:08.56]A suh puh ring is here [00:10.22] [00:10.73]Life is skittles and life is beer [00:13.56] [00:14.10]I think the loveliest time [00:16.01]Of the year is the spring [00:18.04]I do don't you 'Course you do [00:20.59] [00:21.26]But there's one thing [00:22.39]That makes spring complete for me [00:24.98]And makes every Sunday [00:26.95]A treat for me [00:28.60] [00:29.82]All the world seems in tune [00:32.95]On a spring afternoon [00:34.69]When we're poisoning pigeons in the park [00:37.18] [00:38.07]Every Sunday you'll see [00:39.76]My sweetheart and me [00:41.51]As we poison the pigeons in the park [00:44.17] [00:44.75]When they see us coming [00:46.80]The birdies all try hide [00:48.62] [00:49.26]But they still go for peanuts [00:51.19]When coated with cyanide [00:54.40]The sun's shining bright [00:55.95]Everything seems all right [00:57.62]When we're poisoning pigeons in the park [01:00.26] [01:06.15]We've gained notoriety [01:07.67]And caused much anxiety [01:09.44]In the Audubon Society [01:11.15]With our games [01:12.89]They call it impiety [01:14.65]And lack of propriety [01:16.32]And quite a variety [01:17.98]Of unpleasant names [01:19.70]But it's not against any religion [01:23.04]To want to dispose of a pigeon [01:27.91]So if Sunday you're free [01:31.40]Why don't you come with me [01:32.98]And we'll poison the pigeons in the park [01:35.57] [01:36.38]And maybe we'll do [01:38.08]In a squirrel or two [01:39.81]While we're poisoning pigeons in the park [01:42.19] [01:43.19]We'll murder them all [01:44.95]Amid laughter and merriment [01:46.65] [01:47.48]Except for the few [01:49.06]We take home to experiment [01:51.58] [01:52.38]My pulse will be quickenin' [01:54.46]With each drop of strych'nine [01:56.03]We feed to a pigeon [01:57.71]It just takes a smidgin [01:59.37]To poison a pigeon in the park