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11 Nov 98 - 05:45 PM (#45015) Subject: Dubliners -- need lyrics to From: Jennifer Burdoo Heard this on a Dubliners "best of" compilation -- an Anti-Bomb song. The chorus goes -- I am the man, the well-fed man, that handles the terrible knob The most pleasing thing about it, it's almost a permanent job When the Afton (?) war is over and the world is split in three A consolation I've got, well maybe it's not, there'll be nobody left but me Thanks, Jennifer |
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12 Nov 98 - 02:20 AM (#45065) Subject: RE: Dubliners -- need lyrics to From: AndreasW Hi Jennifer, Are you sure about the title "Well Fed Man"? Just from reading the first verse I'd say it is the song I have on two Dubliners CDs ("Luke Kelly Collection" and "Collection Vol. 1") under the title "The Button Pusher". As I am at work right now, and the CDs are at home, I can't check right now, but will do so this afternoon. I think the "Afton" in the 3rd line should read "atom" Tomorrow I'll be back with more info cu, Andreas |
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12 Nov 98 - 04:11 PM (#45139) Subject: RE: Dubliners -- need lyrics to From: Jennifer Burdoo Yes, Andreas, it is "Button Pusher." I heard it on one of the "Best of" collections, which I no longer have, so any help is appreciated. Thanks, Jennifer |
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13 Nov 98 - 01:35 AM (#45199) Subject: Lyr Add: THE BUTTON PUSHER ^^ From: AndreasW Hi Jennifer, I did a session yesterday afternoon listening to the song and typing it. It was quite hard at the beginning, as English is not my native tongue, but after I found out that the "ol' fiddler" in the 1st verse 2nd line actually meant "Adolf Hitler" (which took some time and many repeatings of listening to the same line) the rest was quite easy. I have the song on two CDs of the Dubliners, 1) The Luke Kelly Collection 2) Collection Volume 1 Both recordings of this song are identical. cu, Andreas Here we go: (1st verse 2nd line, strichnine is pronounced like strichanine, to make it rhyme with machine) THE BUTTON PUSHER Chorus [before each verse, first time starting without "Well"] Well I am the man, the well-fed man, in charge of the terrible knob, The most pleasing thing about it, it's almost a permanent job, When the atom war is over, and the world is split in three, A consolation I got, well maybe it's not, there'll be nobody left but me. I sit at my desk in Washington in charge of this great machine More vicious than Adolf Hitler, more deadly than strichnine And in the evening after a tiring day just to give myself a laugh I hit the button a playful belt and I listen for the blast If Breshniev starts his nonsense, and makes a nasty spell With a wink and a nod from Nixon, I'll blast them all to hell And as for that Fidel Castro, him with the sugar cane, He needn't hide behind his whiskers, I'll get him just the same. If my wife denies me conjugular rights or my breakfast milk is sour From eight to nine in the morning you're in for a nervous hour, The button being so terribly close it's really a dreadful joke Abut with my arse, as I go past, and we'll all go up in smoke. Now I'm thinking of joining the army, the army that bans the bomb We'll take up a large collection, and I'll donate my thumb, For without it, I am helpless, and that's the way to be You don't have to kill the whole bloody lot to make the people free. ^^ |
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07 Feb 05 - 04:51 PM (#1401884) Subject: RE: Dubliners -- need lyrics to "Well-Fed Man"(?) From: GUEST,Finn MacCool i'm not sure, but don't they sing "...after a tiring day just to give myself a last"? |
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07 Feb 05 - 06:18 PM (#1401947) Subject: RE: Dubliners -- need lyrics to "Well-Fed Man"(?) From: Susanne (skw) Certainly rhymes better, Finn, but their song book (and any other version I've heard) says 'laugh'. BTW, it might be fitting to mention that the lyrics were written by Enoch Kent. |