the blade of life

[Jonathan Lighter]

Thanks, Neal.

"Bright College Days" was copyright by Thomas Andrew Lehrer at the Library
of Congress on November 10, 1953.

It appeared on his crt. 1953 album, _An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer_.

Where it immediately follows "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park."

JL


On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 9:52 PM, Neal Whitman <nwhitman at ameritech.net>wrote:

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> Tom Lehrer, "Bright College Days"
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> "Soon we'll be out, amid the cold world's strife,
> Soon we'll be sliding down the razor-blade of life.
> But as we go our assorted separate ways,
> We shall ne'er forget thee,
> Thou golden college days."
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> On 5/27/2014 9:23 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
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> > CNN's Jake Tapper prefaced some remarks the other day with the phrase,
> "As
> > you slide down the razor blade of life...."
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> > 257 raw Google hits, at least back to 2005. One person attributes it to
> Tom
> > Lehrer.
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