By The Time You Get This Lyrics - They Might Be Giants

By the time you get this note 

We'll no longer be alive 

We'll have all gone up in smoke 

There'll be no way to reply 

You'll be wondering about the world that vanished long ago 

And the words that reach you now 

That were buried underground 

Greetings to everyone in 1937 

It seems that you were never aware that we were here 

You're probably too busy rejoicing in the present 

To stop and be reminded of the dark and troubled past 

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By the time you get this note 

We'll no longer be alive 

But our skulls are smiling still 

At the thought of things to come 

We can confidently know that you'll enjoy a better world 

When the evils that we faced 

Will at last be laid to rest 

When the poisons of the Earth 

Are completely neutralized 

When the hatred and the lies 

Are forever put aside 

When the voices of dissent and contradiction all abate 

And the peaceful air is filled 

With a silent harmony 

We can't be certain at the moment of this writing 

But surely in the future there'll be no barking dogs 

The sound of crying babies will be thankfully forgotten 

No more will the chattering classes make a noise 

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By the time you get this note 

A millenium from now 

We'll have all gone up in smoke 

There'll be no way to reply 

And we confidently know 

You'll enjoy a better time 

When the evils that we faced 

Will at last be laid to rest