When I'm Forty-Two: Difference between revisions
(Created page with "category:parody/unfinished category:Beatles category:Sgt. Pepper * '''started''': 2021-12-13 ==Lyrics== (from ''The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Musical'') <poem> When I'm all finished working it out millions of years from now will there still be any electricity so I can print the question I see? While I am busy doing those sums, will you have things to do? What can the answer possibly mean when it's forty-two? Will I know exactly, in every det...") |
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(from ''The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Musical'') | (from ''The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Musical'') | ||
<poem> | <poem> | ||
When | When you're all finished working it out | ||
millions of years from now | millions of years from now | ||
will there still be any electricity | will there still be any electricity | ||
so | so you can print the question you see? | ||
While | While you are busy doing those sums, | ||
will | will I have things to do? | ||
What can the answer possibly mean | What can the answer possibly mean, sir | ||
when it's forty-two? | when it's forty-two? | ||
I'll just wait for you. | |||
And when it's all spelled out, | |||
what is next to do? | |||
Give me a clue now, show me your work -- | |||
how far have you got? | |||
Have you squared the circle, found the end of pi, | |||
got it cut and hung up to dry? | |||
Just how close are you to getting it solved? | |||
Please give me a clue. | |||
I'm getting impatient - I need the equation | |||
which equals forty-two. | |||
Maybe then I'll really understand just how to get along | |||
in this messed-up place. | |||
We can work it out! | |||
Recalculate the world | |||
Fix the human race. | |||
Will I know exactly, in every detail | Will I know exactly, in every detail | ||
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Will there be instructions to explain my life, | Will there be instructions to explain my life, | ||
mapped and laid out when I arrive? | mapped and laid out when I arrive? | ||
Will there be answers | Will there be answers filled in a form | ||
that tells me what to do? | that tells me what to do? | ||
Will I still be so hopelessly ditzy | Will I still be so hopelessly ditzy | ||
when I'm forty-two? | when I'm forty-two? | ||
</poem> | </poem> | ||
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- started: 2021-12-13
Lyrics
(from The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Musical)
When you're all finished working it out
millions of years from now
will there still be any electricity
so you can print the question you see?
While you are busy doing those sums,
will I have things to do?
What can the answer possibly mean, sir
when it's forty-two?
I'll just wait for you.
And when it's all spelled out,
what is next to do?
Give me a clue now, show me your work --
how far have you got?
Have you squared the circle, found the end of pi,
got it cut and hung up to dry?
Just how close are you to getting it solved?
Please give me a clue.
I'm getting impatient - I need the equation
which equals forty-two.
Maybe then I'll really understand just how to get along
in this messed-up place.
We can work it out!
Recalculate the world
Fix the human race.
Will I know exactly, in every detail
how I'm supposed to be?
Will there be instructions to explain my life,
mapped and laid out when I arrive?
Will there be answers filled in a form
that tells me what to do?
Will I still be so hopelessly ditzy
when I'm forty-two?