Dan Bern - The Biggest Thing Man Has Ever Done lyrics

I'm just a lonesome traveler, The Great Historical Bum Highly educated from history I have come I built the Rock of Ages, was in the Year of One And that's about the biggest thing that man has ever done I worked in the Garden of Eden, it was the year of two Joined the apple pickers' union, I always paid my dues I'm the man that got the contract to raise the rising sun And that was about the biggest thing man has ever done I was straw boss on the Pyramids, the Tower of Babel, too I opened up the ocean, let the migrant children through I fought a million battles and never lost a one And that was about the biggest thing man has ever done I fought the raging Roman, I fought the raging Turk Defeated Nero's army with thirty minutes work I stopped the mighty Kaiser and the mighty Hun And that was about the biggest thing man has ever done I fought the Revolution when we set the country free; It was me and a couple of Indians that dumped the Boston tea I fought the battle at Valley Forge and the battle of Bully Run And that was about the biggest thing that man has ever done Next, I fought the slavery war, a bunch of folks and me We beat the chains from off their leg and set my people free The slavery men, they had lost their war and freedom's men had won And that's about the biggest thing that man has ever done I clumb the mighty canyons where the Columbia River rolls, Seen the salmon leaping in the rapids and the falls It was there he big Grand Coulee Dam in the state of Washington And that was about the biggest thing that man has ever done There was a man across the ocean and I guess you knew him well His name was Adolf Hitler and damn his soul to hell; We kicked him in the panzers and put him on the run And that was about the biggest thing that man has ever done I sent a big ol' rocketship into space one time 10,000 miles an hour and turned on a dime Hit golf balls on the moon and come back where it begun And that was about the biggest thing that man has ever done There's one big thing that we must do, when shove comes to push Defeat the so-called President that goes by the name of "Bush" Vote early and vote often, November '02, not '01 And that will be the biggest thing that man has ever done I'm gonna quit my talking, 'cause I told you all I know Just remember, partner, wherever you may go The people are building a peaceful world and when the job is done That will be the biggest thing that man has ever done That'll be the biggest thing that man has ever done