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    There's no earthly way of knowing
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    there's no earthly way of knowing
    Which direction we are going
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    which direction we are going
    There's no knowing where we're going
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    there's no knowing where we're going
    Or which way the wind is blowing
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    or which way the wind is blowing
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    is it raining? is it snowing?
    Is it raining? is it snowing?
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    is a hurricane a-blowing?
    Is a hurricane a-blowing?
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    not a speck of light is showing
    Not a speck of light is showing
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    so the danger must be growing
    So the danger must be growing
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    oh, the fires of hell are glowing
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    is the grisly reaper mowing?
    Oh, the fires of hell are glowing
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    yes the danger must be growing (faster, faster)
    Is the grisly reaper mowing?
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    for the rowers keep on rowing (faster, faster)
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    and they're certainly not showing (faster, faster)
    Yes the danger must be growing (faster, faster)
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    any signs that they are slowing (faster, faster)
    For the rowers keep on rowing (faster, faster)
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    stop the boat.
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    And they're certainly not showing (faster, faster)
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    Any signs that they are slowing (faster, faster)
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    Stop the boat.
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Revision as of 14:28, 15 October 2012

"Prelude (The Family Trip)"
Prelude (The Family Trip) cover
Song by Marilyn Manson
Album Portrait of an American Family
Released July 19, 1994
Recorded August–December 1993 at Criteria Studios in Miami, Florida, Record Plant Studios in Los Angeles, California, The Village Recorder and Pig
Genre Alternative rock
Length 1:20
Label Nothing, Interscope
Writer Roald Dahl
Producer Marilyn Manson, Trent Reznor

"Prelude (The Family Trip)" is the first track on the 1994 release Portrait of an American Family. The song is a parody of the "boat scene" in the 1971 film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. The lyrics were written by children's novelist Roald Dahl.

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Lyrics

   there's no earthly way of knowing
   which direction we are going
   there's no knowing where we're going
   or which way the wind is blowing
   is it raining? is it snowing?
   is a hurricane a-blowing?
   not a speck of light is showing
   so the danger must be growing
   oh, the fires of hell are glowing
   is the grisly reaper mowing?
   yes the danger must be growing (faster, faster)
   for the rowers keep on rowing (faster, faster)
   and they're certainly not showing (faster, faster)
   any signs that they are slowing (faster, faster)
   stop the boat.