The Hum - Margo Guryan

THE HUM

Words and Music by Margo Guryan

The heat is down and the lights are lowThe East is buried in an icy snowThe

West is following crisis rulesThey can’t go swimming in their swimming pools

And the tapes go hmm-mm-mm-mm,.

The prices rise and the Market fallsThe trucks go slow and the Congress

stallsThe V.P.

left with the dough he tookAnd 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 anythingTo help the President become the KingThe kingdom

then became cold and emptyAll except for San Clemente

And the tapes go hmm-mm-mm-mm,.

The rich save money and the poor save gasWe vote for an elephant and get an

assHe hires and he fires, he appoints and sacksBut he can’t figure out his

income tax

And the tapes go hmm-mm-mm-mm,.