The Man With the Long White Coat

By Joe Broome about the Milgram Experiment

The man with the long white coat said

Shock that fellow with 180 volts

I won’t even if I can’t hear the screaming

Even if he’s far away

I’ll get a second opinion, third opinion

Forth opinion,

Until I know as much as they do

and I can make a decision.

And the man with the stars and stripes said

Kill your brother with the rockets red glare

I won’t even if I can’t hear the screaming

They may be far away

I’ll get a second opinion, third opinion

Forth opinion,

until I know as much as they do

and I can make a decision.

Shock him with 185 volts

Shock him with 285 volts

Shock him with 385 volts

Shock him with 450

Light him up like a Christmas tree.

And the man with the long white coat said

The experiment requires that you continue

I won’t even if I can’t hear the screaming

Even if he’s far away

I’ll get a second opinion, third opinion

Forth opinion,

until I know as much as they do

and I can make a decision.

The man with the long white coat said

Shock that fellow with 180 volts

I won’t even if I can’t hear the screaming

And the man with the stars and stripes said

Kill your brother with the rockets red glare

I won’t even if I can’t hear the screaming.

And the man with the long white coat said

The experiment requires that you continue

I won’t even if I can’t hear the screaming

Even if he’s far away

I’ll get a second opinion, third opinion

Forth opinion,

until I know as much as you do

and I can make a decision.

I won’t make a decision

Until I know as much as you do.