Benny Andersson The Conducator Lyrics

The Conducator Lyrics

Silence suddenly is

 Shattered by the blaring of

 Trumpets and a booming voice

 As a herald proudly announces:

 These are happy times and

 We should all rejoice

 

 So make way for the king

 The queen and the prince

 The princess and nephews and nieces and others

 So make way for the king 

 His uncle, his aunt

 His cousins and sisters and brothers

 Husbands and wives and their mothers

 

 I'm the conducator

 No-one's task is greater

 Huge is my responsibility

 I'm the guide, or rather

 Like a loving father

 Of a big and happy family

 

 Never mind if there is no

 Hot water for our showers

 A new era rises in

 Spirals of red flowers

 What a great, heroic quest!

 

 I think by now they know

 I always know what's best

 

 Lack of moderation

 Over-consummation

 Used to lead to gout and heart disease

 Truly I was sad to

 But I really had to

 Circumscribe their daily calories

 Everywhere I go people

 Show me their devotion

 I confess I'm almost

 Choking with emotion

 When, in their spontaneous ways

 They all bend over backwards

 Just to sing my praise

 

 He's a light, he's a beacon in a

 Wild and treacherous ocean

 And we're all proud to see him

 Choking with emotion

 When in our spontaneous ways

 We all bend over backwards

 Just to sing his praise

 

 Customs are abolished

 Villages demolished

 It's all part of my inspired plan

 If some thick, old peasant

 Doesn't find that pleasant

 All I say is: That's too bad, old man!

 

 We all know our conducator

 Is a man of vision

 In the course of progress what's a

 Little demolision

 

 That's the spirit I admire!

 The sort of true enthusiasm I inspire

 

 All our fields our rivers and

 Mountains kneel before him

 Children and blind widows even

 Animals adore him

 

 These are truly happy times

 No unemployment

 No inflation

 And no crime

 

 Happy times!.