Henry Burr — Stay Down Here Where You Belong

Down below, down below caught the devil talking to his son Who wanted to go up above, up above He cried, "It's getting too warm for me down here and so I'm going up and up where I can have a little fun" The Devil simply shook his head and answered his son "Stay down here where you belong The folks who live above you don't know right from wrong To please their king, they've all gone out to war And not one of them knows what he's fighting for" "Way up above they say that I'm a devil and I'm bad Kings up there are bigger devils than your dad They're breaking the hearts of mothers, making butchers out of brothers You'll find more hell up there than there is down below" "Kings up there, they don't care For the mothers who must stay at home, their troubles to bear Stay at home, don't you roam Although it's warm down down below, you'll find its warmer up there If you go way up there, my son, I know you'll be surprised You'll find a lot of people who are not civilized" "Stay down here where you belong The folks who live above you don't know right from wrong To please their king, they've all gone out to war And not a one of of them knows what he's fighting for" "Way up above they say that I'm a devil and I'm bad Kings up there are bigger devils than your dad They're breaking the hearts of mothers, making butchers out of brothers You'll find more hell up there than there is down below"