playlist addition

[lorentzen-nicklaus]

pynchon (in gr) also addresses marx by name: "karl, sly old ..."


Cat Hamilton schrieb:
> Hi there,
>
> Because I missed the beginning of this whole 'playlist addition' thread, can 
> you tell me what it's all about?  Is this a list of everyone's favorite 
> poems or is there more to it?
>
> Happy Days,
> Cat
>
>
> >From: lorentzen-nicklaus at t-online.de (lorentzen-nicklaus)
> >To: pynchon-l at waste.org
> >Subject: playlist addition
> >Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 11:11:50 +0200
> >
> >
> >
> >                   t h e   w o r l d   i s n' t   f a i r
> >
> >                        when karl marx was a boy
> >                        he took a hard look around
> >                 he saw people were starving all over the place
> >               while others were painting the town (buh, buh, buh)
> >                         the public spirited boy
> >                       became a public spirited man
> >                 so he worked very hard and he read everything
> >                        until he came up with a plan
> >
> >                       there'll be no exploitation
> >                         of the worker or his kin
> >                no discrimination 'cause the color of your skin
> >                         no more private property
> >                          it would not be allowed
> >                         no one could rise too high
> >                          no one could sink too low
> >                  or go under completely like some we all know
> >
> >                       if marx were living today
> >                    he'd be rolling around in his grave
> >                and if i had him here in my mansion on the hill
> >             i'd tell him a story t'would give his old heart a chill
> >                     it's something that happened to me
> >
> >                     i'd say, karl, i recently stumbled
> >                            into a new family
> >                      with two little children at school
> >                      where all little children should be
> >                         i went to the orientation
> >                       all the young mommies were there
> >                 karl, you never have seen such a glorious sight
> >                  all these beautiful women arrayed for the night
> >               just like countesses, empresses, movie stars and queens
> >                    and they'd come there with men much like me
> >                         froggish men, unpleasant to see
> >                           were you to kiss one, karl
> >                          nary a prince would there be
> >
> >                        oh karl the world isn't fair
> >                        it isn't and it never will be
> >                          they tried out your plan
> >                          it brought misery instead
> >                       if you'd seen how they worked it
> >                         you'd be glad you were dead
> >              just like i'm glad i'm living in the land of the free
> >                         where the rich just get richer
> >                     and the poor you don't ever have to see
> >                           it would depress us, karl
> >                               because we care
> >                        that the world still isn't fair.
> >
> >
> >                     ~~~ randy newman: bad love [1999] ~~~
> >
> >
> >
> >kfl
> >
>
>
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