And singing the theme--
talking about songs, here's-- this poem is also based on this
song.
The name of the song is "Exordium and Terminus".
And since I can't see, it's 28 it's 24, here it is.
And "Exordium and Terminus" is a song
that you probably know, but you know
that's the title and the guys who wrote--
how many know that song?
[SINGING] In the year 2525, if man
is still alive, if women can survive da duh da duh.
Right?
That's called "Exordium and Terminus."
So it's a poem about doomsday, about Nixon, about Watergate,
and all kinds of stuff.
"In your rendition of the year 2525,
the airplane rattles, the engine roars, the sardines around me
smile like sardines, and you kiss me twice once
on the cheek, once on the ear.
It is a song from 1965, 1970.
Some keeper of music will know the title, the singer where
it was on the charts, what it reflects
of what was doomsday then and how long it
stayed in the top 2020.
And who was president, whether he had a girlfriend,
whether J Edgar was still around,
and whether or not his boyfriend a cottage cheese like him.
And what I was doing and what car I was driving
and how much money I owed to banks
universities and relatives.
And whether I had a girlfriend and what her breasts
were like and her mind.
[LAUGHTER]
Then, I like being subversive and who would sleep with Nixon?
And what was the name of the motel on Route 22
that cost $20 in 1973?
And was it wrong to prefer the Watergate hearings
to making love?
And how the pigs have taken over doomsday.
[LAUGHTER]