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Alexei Panshin's The Abyss of Wonder
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| You say you're goin' fission
all-a the time I'm a-goin' fission, too Ya bet your life your lovin' wife Can split more atoms than you A rock will break if you hit it good This is something that is understood Any nut'll crack if you give it a whack I'm a-goin' fission Yeah, I'm goin' fission And my baby's goin' fission, too Went up to work about five o'clock
'Cause you say you're goin' fission
all-a the time Sittin' on top of a cyclotron
And the cyclotron
goes: Well, it's up quark, down quark
You say you're goin' fission all-a
the time Traditional music
New lyrics by Josh Wachtel and Alexei Panshin |
| Alexei Panshin says: "Josh was singing 'Fishin' Blues' -- 'You say you're goin' fishin' all-a the time.' A waitress was listening, and I asked her what she thought of it. She said it was pretty good, but just like everybody else's version. I said, 'In that case, listen to the song the next time he does it. It'll be different.' And, by the next week, this was what Josh was singing." |
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