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The Universal Cynic Lyrics
Catch a shooting star and put it in your pocket
and your pants will start on fire.
One bird in the hand, or two birds in the bush;
Neither do you any good, when you're stuck in the quagmire .
Show everyone you're not sure that they're telling the truth.
Then you can be known as the universal cynic too!
Benefit your fellow man with good deeds for the day
and you'll serve your life away.
Pennies saved today are pennies still tomorrow-
strewn upon the desk, piled up in the paper weight.
Show everyone you're not sure that they're telling the truth.
Then you can be known as the universal cynic too!
Wipe your opaque eyes and restore your crystal vision.
Turn another cheek and exalt in your decision.
A bit of exercise for the universal cynic in you.
Early to bed and early to rise;
Precludes you from seeing the most brilliant starry nights.
Sticks and stones can break bones, words can't really hurt;
Unless you carry guns, and are hungry for a fight.
Challenging the standards, or questioning the established rules-
Trying to understand how they can benefit you.
Showing everyone you're not sure that they're telling the truth.
Just a bit of exercise for the universal cynic in you:
The universal cynic is you.
and your pants will start on fire.
One bird in the hand, or two birds in the bush;
Neither do you any good, when you're stuck in the quagmire .
Then you can be known as the universal cynic too!
and you'll serve your life away.
Pennies saved today are pennies still tomorrow-
strewn upon the desk, piled up in the paper weight.
Then you can be known as the universal cynic too!
Turn another cheek and exalt in your decision.
A bit of exercise for the universal cynic in you.
Precludes you from seeing the most brilliant starry nights.
Sticks and stones can break bones, words can't really hurt;
Unless you carry guns, and are hungry for a fight.
Trying to understand how they can benefit you.
Showing everyone you're not sure that they're telling the truth.
Just a bit of exercise for the universal cynic in you:
The universal cynic is you.
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This song is obviously an attack on cynicism and pessimism, particularly because it leads to nothing being done (and is particularly annoying to those around you).
I feel the complete opposite way, I think its a song about how it can be good to live in reality and question things. This is how new solutions are thought of.
I feel the complete opposite way, I think its a song about how it can be good to live in reality and question things. This is how new solutions are thought of.
"Challenging the standards, or questioning the established rules Trying to understand how they can benefit you Showing everyone you're not sure that they're telling the truth Just a bit of exercise for the universal cynic in you "
"Challenging the standards, or questioning the established rules Trying to understand how they can benefit you Showing everyone you're not sure that they're telling the truth Just a bit of exercise for the universal cynic in you "
doesn't really sound like a bad thing coming from a liberal point of view.
doesn't really sound like a bad thing coming from a liberal point of view.
The beginning is awsome, it's like the Perry Como song "catch a falling star" but better.