The lyrics of this song were written by Kurt Vonnegut and appear in his 1963 novel “Cat’s Cradle”. In the novel, they are the lyrics to the “Fifty-third Calypso,” one of many poems from the Books of Bokonon. These are the holy texts of Bokononism, the fictional religion featured in the story.
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Oh a sleeping drunkard
Up in Central Park
Or the lion hunter in the jungle dark
Or the Chinese dentist
Or the British Queen
They all fit together in the same machine
Nice, nice, very nice
Nice, nice, very nice
So many people in the same device
Oh a whirling dervish
And a dancing bear
Or a Ginger Rogers and a Fred Astaire
Or a teenage rocker
Or the girls in France
Yes, we all are partners in this cosmic dance
Nice, nice, very nice
Nice, nice, very nice
So many people in the same device
I wanted all things to make sense
So we'd be happy instead of tense
Oh a sleeping drunkard
Up in Central Park
Or the lion hunter in the jungle dark
Or the Chinese dentist
Or the British Queen
They all fit together in the same machine
Nice, nice, very nice
Nice, nice, very nice
So many people in the same device
So many people in the same device
Nice, Nice, Very Nice was written by Joe Puerta & Chris North & David Pack & Burleigh Drummond & Kurt Vonnegut.
Nice, Nice, Very Nice was produced by Freddie Piro.