Since human beings have been around
one question seemed quite essential -
it sure looked like existential
that the answer should be found

We made a proper calculation
not just some simple postulation;
there's no reason for a different view
the result is 42

All kinds of concepts are believed
religions or philosophies
or scientific theories -
make sure that you are not deceived!

We made a proper ...

If you don't believe us, ask Deep Thought
- you might have to wait a few million years -
we know the answer it will report

We made a proper ...

I know the answer
though you never asked a question
I know you
though we've never met
and I know
that the answer
must be "yes"

in the land
of my fantasy
I met this girl
(she) fell in love with me
in blooming meadows
we danced
and we kissed
and laughed
and loved

I know the answer
though I never asked the question
I know you
though we've never met
and I know
that the answer
will be "yes"

and I know
you must be somewhere
I've dreamed you
that's why I'm sure
in blooming meadows
we will dance
we'll kiss
we'll laugh
and make love

when I was born the promise was
a life in pleasure, a life in lust
when I was born I could well expect
sharin' all your riches, having your respect

I'm gonna get my share
I don't know how or where
I'm gonna get my share

you try to have me work after sending me to school,
making me your slave, but I'm nobody's fool
I won't just go working till my back is bent,
till I'm sick and tired, and close to my own end

I'm gonna get my share
I don't care how and where
I'm gonna get my share

(I) won't have the moral lessons of you hypocrites
defending your own riches, denying me my rights
what I earn in a year the boss grabs in a day,
but there will come a time we're doin' it my way

I'm gonna get my share
I don't know how or where
I'm gonna get my share

How does it feel to live in dirt and filth?
How does it feel to have a drunken mother?
How does it feel to have the rats as pets?
How does it feel if you don't know your father?

Each day the dice are thrown anew,
each day the cards are dealt again.
Who'd take your chances if not you?
If you're not lucky - try again!

How is it eating from a silver dish?
How does it feel when you're the best at school?
How does it feel when you get all you wish
and everything's falling in your lap?

Each day the dice are thrown anew,
each day the cards are dealt again.
Yesterday's winners may be today's fools.
But who could keep you from tryin' again?

she's dancing in the moonlight
she's dancing through her years
she's laughing off her sorrows
she's laughing off her fears
  laughing off her fears

let her eyes smile at me again

I could drink of her tea cup
while she enjoys some cake
I've always kept this dream of
living in her wake

we could walk through her garden
we'd take an evening stroll
enjoying the scents and flowers
and soothing our souls

let her eyes smile at me again

she's dancing in the moonlight
she's dancing through her years
she's laughing off her sorrows
she's laughing off her fears
  laughing off her fears

you left to travel the world without a single dime
and though we all thought that you'd be back in no time
you kept gone for years
you took jobs, you begged, and you stole to survive
for deep sea treasures among sharks you would dive
without showing fears

you told you'd worked as a Jakaroo
had boxing matches with a Kangaroo
in the back of beyond -
and it sure looks like you
eating monkey stew

you went big game hunting in South Africa
you drove big logging trucks through West Canada
you sure got around
you climbed an active volcano to look at the glow
when it errupted you jumped o'er the lava flow
to reach the save ground

you told you'd worked as a Jakaroo
had boxing matches with a Kangaroo
in the back of beyond -
and it sure looks like you
eating monkey stew

you had many a girl, and many a fight
but luckily things always turned out right
and you got away
in the Amazon area you used to wash gold
sometimes it's hard to believe all you're told
but that is okay

you told you'd worked as a Jakaroo
had boxing matches with a Kangaroo
in the back of beyond -
and it sure looks like you
eating monkey stew

you told 'bout this Hongkong backyard place
where they would serve monkey brain
and eat it with the live monkey eyes staring at you
you said such kind of food you couldn't face
so instead you had some kind of stew

you told you'd worked as a Jakaroo ...

your parents have raised you
you're no longer their pup
too much comfort has spoilt you
it's time to grow up
now the day's dawning
that you've got to move
one step ahead
to taking charge
of your own
life

I think the time's dawning
that you've got to learn
that you heed the warning
'you'll get what you earn'
now the day's dawning
that you've got to move
one step ahead
to taking charge
of your own
life

don't think that I'm waiting
'til you've come to senses
don't think that I'll care
if you miss all your chances
now the day's dawning
that you've got to move
one step ahead
to taking charge
of your own
life