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It's A Beautiful Day Lyrics
Sun was out
The fish were swimming
In the choke polluted water
All the fishes dying from them toxic PCBs dumpin in our stream
But we didn't give a fuck, ya know we had some cheap american brews, ya know some nice hot dogs figured ya know, get out the little transistor radio, sit back, relax have a nice little summer barbecue!
It's a beautiful, what a beautiful
It's a beautiful, beautiful day
For a barbecue
Well, we sat back and down and looked into the air, and all the sudden,
said, WHAT'S THAT IN THE SKY? Is it a bird or a plane!?
Steaks are done come and get em
No one miss a barbeque
Big fat sow sizzling and dripping
Archie Meyer-we thank you!
For a beautiful, it's a beautiful
It's a beautiful, beautiful day
It's a beautiful, it's a beautiful
It's a beautiful, beautiful day
For a barbecue
This time the hot dog is you
Oh wow man, that makes me think of karma!
Well as those first bombs start dropping
We wondered, where the hell is that transistor radio?
You know, turn on what the newsman has to say
About one of those A-rab countries talkin 'bout a failed negotiation
It's a beautiful, it's a beautiful
It's a beautiful, beautiful day
For a barbecue
The fish were swimming
In the choke polluted water
All the fishes dying from them toxic PCBs dumpin in our stream
It's a beautiful, beautiful day
For a barbecue
said, WHAT'S THAT IN THE SKY? Is it a bird or a plane!?
No one miss a barbeque
Big fat sow sizzling and dripping
Archie Meyer-we thank you!
It's a beautiful, beautiful day
It's a beautiful, it's a beautiful
It's a beautiful, beautiful day
For a barbecue
This time the hot dog is you
We wondered, where the hell is that transistor radio?
You know, turn on what the newsman has to say
About one of those A-rab countries talkin 'bout a failed negotiation
It's a beautiful, beautiful day
For a barbecue
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This is a biting and sardonic song rife with black humor that is narrated from the point of an American everyman trying to have a nice little summer barbecue. It opens with him expressing his blatant disregard for the environment and his ignorance of the world around him--all he wants is beer and hot dogs. The song takes an ironic turn when "one of those A-rab countries" starts dropping bombs on the barbecue. The song becomes meta-ironic when Dave Insurgent sings "It's a beautiful day for a barbecue; this time the hot dog's you. Oh wow, man, that makes me think of karma." The song has no clear message; it's more of a cynical parable that you laugh at mean-spiritedly. At least, I do. I love the riff towards the end, that starts adter "talking about some FAILED NEGOTIATION?"
acrimony's got it right really just to say theres some wrong lyrics in here -
You know, turn on what the newsman has to say About one of those A-rab countries talkin 'bout a failed negotiation
should be
You know, turn on what the newsman has to say He's talkin to one of those A-rab countries 'bout some failed negotiation
It's about nuclear war lol
"toxic seebees dumpin in our stream" should be "toxic PCBs dumpin in our stream". I'm guessing it should also be "junk polluted water." Dave Rubinstein best rock lyricist of all time.