Cover Song: "Who's Next?" (Patreon)

This will be put on the Tom Lehrer Tribute Album being put together by The Funny Music Project. I hope you don't mind my posting it here. I decided to go in a very different direction than a funny piano ballad; now it's a dark hip-hop number.

First we got the bomb and that was good,'Cause we love peace and motherhood.Then Russia got the bomb, but that's O.K.,'Cause the balance of power's maintained that way!Who's next? France got the bomb, but don't you grieve,'Cause they're on our side, I believe.China got the bomb, but have no fears;They can't wipe us out for at least five years!Who's next? Then Indonesia claimed that theyWere gonna get one any day.South Africa wants two, that's right:One for the black and one for the white!Who's next? Egypt's gonna get one, too,Just to use on you know who.So Israel's getting tense,Wants one in self defense."The Lord's our shepherd," says the psalm,But just in case, we're gonna get a bomb!Who's next? Luxembourg is next to goAnd, who knows, maybe Monaco.We'll try to stay serene and calmWhen Alabama gets the bomb!Who's next, who's next, who's next?Who's next?

Words and Music: Tom Lehrerassigned to the public domain

Image from Wikimedia CommonsOriginally taken by JOSN Oscar Sosa (USN)