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The Graf Zeppelin
"Silvery slick it slithered through the air,"
My driver said, "and down on earth the crowd-
The whole damn town-stretched up its eyes to stare.
The fella next me was dumb-take off your hat
And wave,' I says, 'and let your voice out loud;
When a mere human does a thing like that
He's got a big cheer coming to him,' I says.
You bet he waved-he was kinda in a daze.
"Around the world in a gas-bag-up in the sky-
Between you and the lightning only a bit of leather-
T'll say it's wonderful! There, not so high,
The big thing slid along through the sunny weather
With airplanes scooting around like little birds.
'Twas a grand sight-you can't tell it in words!
It's great to be alive today, you know,
With all these wonders going on."
And so
We reached the station and I took my train,
Humming his phrases like a song's refrain:
You can't tell it in words!
It's great to be alive
With wonders going on!
It's great to be alive!