Songs and Lyrics (Lehrer)/Why Not Fight?

by Thomas Andrew Lehrer

WHY NOT FIGHT?

(as performed on The Electric Company)

words and music by Tom Lehrer

ALL:	Rah, rah! Sis-boom-bah! Hip-hoo-ray and cha-cha-cha!

GROUP 1:	GROUP 2:
Fight!
	F-I-G-H-T
We may not win but then again we might!
	M-I-G-H-T
And even if we don't it's still all right,
	R-I-G-H-T
So why not
Fight?
	F-I-G-H-T Don't step on the referee
Fight
	F-I-G-H-T
Our quarterback is really not too bright[1]
	B-R-I-G-H-T
The way it looks we might be here all night
	N-I-G-H-T
So why not fight? Our team is out-a-sight, So let's not get uptight, And why not Fight!
	Give a cheer, give a yell, Show them we know how to spell F-I-G-H-T

ALL: (shouted) Fight!

Repeat above, except: change "Don't step on the referee" to "Watch out for the referee" and omit the intro ("Rah, rah, etc.") and the last three lines ("Give a cheer, etc.")

1. this couplet was originally:

   "Cause if we don't, we may be here all night	N-I-G-H-T
   Let's try to keep our casualties light	L-I-G-H-T