Tom Lehrer - My Home Town

[Yiszet]

That sure sounds like Addison - but he missed the guy who defrauded the old Addison Savings Bank, literally putting it out of business. Sigh, such good times we had.

[SimuLord]

The Dear Hearts and Gentle People school of songwriting---a nice nod to Bob Crosby (or whoever actually wrote that old chestnut first.)

Weird Al's "Good Old Days" can trace its lineage directly back to this branch of the songwriting school.

[Cthlhu4President]

1 person did not get with the little girl next door.

[jht1414]

I love this song, but when he omits the line, is there any line that is implied, or is it just a joke?

[imfpredicts]

@jht1414 Tom couldn't think of a line and always just put in an excuse not to deliver the alledgedly too shocking rhyme. Ladies present etc. I always wondered this myself till I heard an interview recently.

[P1votG33k]

Geez, where did Tom grow up? Wait... ... ...Wikipedia says Manhattan...Well that explains it!

[danitiwa]

I hope Tom Lehrer never dies. (Literally... It's obvious that he'll never die figuratively.)

[temporaldisplacement]

@danitiwa He should still be allowed to rest (like dracula ..100 years at a time.)

[thenovascotia20]

i love all ur songs mr. lehrer

[alhazerad]

anyone know what line was ommited?

[realinterrobang]

@alhazerad There is no line. In other recordings, he pauses and says, "No, I think I'd better not." That's sort of the joke.

[MrCrassuswild]

COMRADE! all so true, love it

[lloydgar01]

lol much like croatians that leave croatia because they feel somehow oppressed. they crap on about how gud their country is...but they had to leave because it wasn't the life for them.

[typacsk]

@lloydgar01 I don't know where you live, but they're hardly the only ones to do this.

[lloydgar01]

@typacsk i live in australia admittedly. but my family is cro, and they do this. and their friends are cro, and they do this, and so on :-P

[tcarson9]

Warms my heart and gets me all misty everytime I hear it.