Misc Originals – Dave Luckett - The Parasites Anthem (Guitar)

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When the Venus mists are lifted,

        C
And the sands of Mars are sifted,

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And we've tallied all the meteoric showers;

         G
When the Great Red is a tourist Spot,

    C
And Saturn's rings have parking lots,

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Why, then we'll say the Solar System's ours.

G
It won't be true; it won't be true,

G                                  D
Here's a proposition I will put to you

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We are just the vessel for a

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Lot of intestinal flora,

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And if we own something, they will own it, too.

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We've the galaxy before us,

        C
We will populate Centaurus

         G
And have garbage dumps on stars

            D
before too long.

        G
We'll devour with hunger eager

        C
All the vegemite on Vega

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Man will think he owns the stars, but he'll be wrong.

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Oh, yes, he is; oh, yes, he is!

G                                 D
It's enough to put a tribble in a tizz!

    G
For wherever Man encroaches,

            C
There'll be fleas and rats and roaches,

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And the Galaxy is theirs as much as his.

G
We will re-arrange the galaxies

   C
To spell out ads for B.V.D.s

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We'll turn 'em on and off like neon signs,

        G
And put Dyson spheres around the stars

     C
Made out of wraps from chocolate bars,

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And Man will say, "The Universe is mine!"

G
But he'll be wrong! Yes, he'll be wrong!

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Sit and listen while I sing to you this song:

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There will still be lice and mouses,

    C
(Or perhaps that's mice and louses)

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And to them the Universe will still belong!