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When you attend a funeral,
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It is sad to think that sooner or later
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Those you love will do the same for you.
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And you may have thought it tragic,
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Not to mention other adjec- tives,
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To think of all the weeping they will do.
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But don't you worry.
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No more ashes, no more sackcloth.
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And an armband made of black cloth
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Will some day nevermore adorn a sleeve.
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For if the bomb that drops on you
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Gets your friends and neighbors too,
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There'll be nobody left behind to grieve.
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And we will all go together when we go.
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What a comforting thought that is to know.
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Universal bereavement,
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An inspiring achievement,
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Yes, we will all go together when we go.
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We will all go together when we go.
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All suffuse with an incandescent glow.
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No one will have the endurance
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To collect on his insurance,
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Lloyd's of London will be loaded when they go.
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Oh we will all fry together when we fry.
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We'll be french fried potatoes by and by.
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There will be no more misery
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When the world is our rotisserie,
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Yes, we will all fry together when we fry.
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Down by the old maelstrom,
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There'll be a storm before the calm.
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And we will all bake together when we bake.
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There'll be nobody present at the wake.
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With complete participation
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In that grand incineration,
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Nearly three billion hunks of well-done steak.
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Oh we will all char together when we char.
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And let there be no moaning of the bar.
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Just sing out a Te Deum
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When you see that I.C.B.M.,
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And the party will be "come as you are."
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Oh we will all burn together when we burn.
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There'll be no need to stand and wait your turn.
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When it's time for the fallout
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And Saint Peter calls us all out,
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We'll just drop our agenda and adjourn.
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You will all go directly to your respective Valhallas.
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Go directly, do not pass Go, do not collect two hundred dolla's.
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And we will all go together when we go.
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Ev'ry Hottenhot and ev'ry Eskimo.
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When the air becomes uranious,
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We will all go simultaneous.
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Yes we all will go together
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When we all go together,
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We Will All Go Together When We Go
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Tom Lehrer |