On The Road To Kingdom Come

Harry Chapin

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[Intro] G Gsus G [Chorus] The smoke witch says Wahoo! And the wise man says me too! And the guru says wazoo! So do what you do! [Verse 1] The priests stand in their pulpits The Pope sits on his throne The parishes are empty And the choirboys’ on their own Until the second coming Yes they’re leaving us alone And God in his Heaven Has decided to keep mum Because He’s just another traveler On the Road to Kingdom Come When all is said and done He’s just another one [Verse 2] I pity Mr. President He can’t do a thing He says every where he went We tried to make him sing Our lonely White House resident Says we should have made him King Maybe then he could have saved us From the truth we’re hiding from But he’s just another traveler On the Road to Kingdom Come When all is said and done He was just another one [Verse 3] The General’s in his game room But his soldier won’t salute Ever since he was promoted He can’t pop his chute His shrink says he is paranoid ’Bout communistic roots So unfurl the flag boys Start beating his drum We’ve got to get another straggler On the road to kingdom come When all is said and done He was just another one yes another one [Chorus] And the smoke witch says Wahoo! And the wise man says me too! And the guru says wazoo! So do what you do! [Verse 4] Wow! The lead singer’s raucous As he screams out the truth And the band holds a caucus And decides to sell their youth Our manager he’ll hawk us As long as we’re uncouth And we’ll call it revolution But we’ll crank out bubble gum ’Cause that’s the marching tune for travelers On the road to kingdom come When all is said and done They’re just some other ones [Verse 5] Grampa swung into the orgy It was his last hope He was dressed to the nines In deodorant and Scope And he found him a woman She’d brought Vaseline and soap Well it started out exciting But it ended up ho-hum She said I thought that you could take me All the way to kingdom come When all was said and done You were just another one Grampa [Verse 6] So Billy sells hot sermons And cold wars through the mails While Mr. Big is selling out His business never fails And King Kennedy like Chaucer Chasing Canterbury Tales And though my brain is still a virgin The rest of me’s well done Don’t you know we’re all just travelers On the road to kingdom come When all is said and done Yeah just another one G Gsus G Yes another one... [Chorus] The smoke witch says Wahoo! And the wise man says me too! And the guru says wazoo! So do what you do! Do what you do do what you do Do what you do

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