The Big Trip Up Yonder by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

Promotional music for Katherine MacLean's story "Contagion" featured in "The Pitch Science Fiction 3Q2024" available at: https://lphi.top/p-tpsf-2
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Lyrics SRT:

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[Intro]
[instrumental]

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[Verse 1]
Five-foot screen, the news it bleeds,
Another tragedy, planting seeds.
Iowa’s plight, a desperate plea,
“Hell, we did that a hundred years ago,” says me!

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Chin on hands, cane tapping low,
Watching history endlessly flow.

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[Chorus]
Generations stacked, a human tower,
Seeking silence in this crowded hour.
Anti-gerasone’s grip, a timeless hold,
A legacy of stories yet untold.

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Share and share alike, the endless game,
Whispering echoes of fortune and fame.

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[Verse 2]
Privacy's rare, a fleeting grace,
Lost in this family’s crowded space.

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Another headline, bleak and gray,
Wishing for sunshine to light the way.

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Hell! We said that a hundred years ago.

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[Bridge]
Silence! Don't interrupt my show!

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A dollar lost is all you’ll know!

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But when the checkered flag does fly,
And I ascend, to realms on high…
The Big Trip Up Yonder, sweet and free…

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[Chorus]
Generations stacked, a human tower,
Seeking silence in this crowded hour.
Anti-gerasone’s grip, a timeless hold,
A legacy of stories yet untold.

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Share and share alike, the endless game,
Whispering echoes of fortune and fame.

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Hard to see rare a fleeting grace
Lost in this family's crowded hour

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Anti-gerasone’s grip, a timeless hold,
A legacy of stories yet untold.
Share and share alike, the endless goal,

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Silence! Don't interrupt my show!

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Twenty-five million bathed in newborn light!
Dr. Bullard speaks, a solemn plea,
“Man’s knowledge lags behind reality!”

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Hell! We said that a hundred years ago!

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[Musical interlude]
[dissonant chords and frantic percussion]

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[Verse 4]
The will appears, dog-eared and worn,
Fifty years of battles, newly born.
Disinherited again, the familiar sting,
Six months of virtue, a hopeful thing.

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The daybed! Mine at last!

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[Chorus]
Generations stacked, a human tower,
Seeking silence in this crowded hour.
Anti-gerasone’s grip, a timeless hold,
A legacy of stories yet untold.

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00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:11,280
Share and share alike, the endless game,
Whispering echoes of fortune and fame.

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[Bridge]
A year in jail! It wasn't my fault!
Just trying to break free from this endless vault!

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[Outro]
Super-anti-gerasone… Schenectady…
Life is good. I can hardly wait to see…
What’s going to happen next…