The Button Pusher

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The Button Pusher by Luke Kelly

The Button Pusher Lyrics

[00:08.49] I am the man, the well-fed man, in charge of the
[00:12.17] terribleknob,
[00:13.45] The most pleasing thing about it, it's almost a
[00:17.16] permanentjob,
[00:18.39] When theatom war is over, and theworld is split
[00:22.48] in three,
[00:23.55] A consolation I got, well maybe it's not, there'll be
[00:26.80] nobody left but me.
[00:30.90] I sit at my desk in Washington in charge of this great
[00:34.85] machine
[00:36.09] More vicious than Adolf Hitler, more deadly than
[00:39.64] strichnine
[00:40.83] And in the evening after a tiring day just to give
[00:44.62] myself a laugh
[00:46.30] I hit the button a playful belt and I listen for the
[00:50.01] blast
[01:08.14] ()
[01:14.18] If Breshniev starts his nonsense, and makes a nasty
[01:18.24] spell
[01:19.69] With a wink and a nod from Nixon, I'll blast them all
[01:23.31] to hell
[01:24.56] And as for that Fidel Castro, him with the sugar cane,
[01:29.58] He needn't hide behind his whiskers, I'll get him just
[01:34.02] the same.
[01:36.84] ()
[01:56.89] If my wife denies me conjugular rights or my breakfast
[02:00.99] milk is sour
[02:02.36] From eight to nine in the morning you're in for a
[02:05.96] nervous hour,
[02:07.45] The button being so terribly close it's really a
[02:10.69] dreadful joke
[02:12.63] Abut with my arse, as I go past, and we'll all go up in
[02:16.01] smoke.
[02:18.13] ()
[02:40.24] Now I'm thinking of joining the army, the army that
[02:43.73] bans the bomb
[02:45.12] We'll take up a large collection, and I'll donate my
[02:48.95] thumb,
[02:50.22] For without it, I am helpless, and that's the way to be
[02:54.98] You don't have to kill the whole bloody lot to make the
[02:58.54] people free.
[03:07.66] Lyrics from eLyrics.net
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From the album: The Collection