The Hum Lyrics - 25 Demos - Margo Guryan

THE HUM 

Words and Music by Margo Guryan 

The heat is down and the lights are low 

The East is buried in an icy snow 

The West is following crisis rules 

They can't go swimming in their swimming pools 

And the tapes go hmm-mm-mm-mm..... 

The prices rise and the Market falls 

The trucks go slow and the Congress stalls 

The V.P. left with the dough he took 

And the P. tells the world he's not a crook 

And the tapes go hmm-mm-mm-mm..... 

The A.G.* said he'd do anything 

To help the President become the King 

The kingdom then became cold and empty 

All except for San Clemente 

And the tapes go hmm-mm-mm-mm..... 

The rich save money and the poor save gas 

We vote for an elephant and get an ass 

He hires and he fires, he appoints and sacks 

But he can't figure out his income tax 

And the tapes go hmm-mm-mm-mm.... 

*Attorney General 

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