Schindler's List - Roberta Rogow

Heroes come in many sizes, some are great and some are small Some do mighty deeds in battle, some don't seem to work at all But the most unlikely hero was the one whose deeds consist Of corrupting high officials with a factory workers list Lai dai dai da-dai-dai-dai-dai dai dai dai da-dai-dai-dai Lai dai dai da-dai-dai-dai-dai dai dai dai dai dai dai dai Oscar Schindler came to Krakow with a very simple plan He would find a vacant factory that was making pots and pans He would handle sales and contracts unpaid Jews would do the work, And he'd make himself a fortune and let Nazis look like jerks Lai dai dai da-dai-dai-dai-dai dai dai dai da-dai-dai-dai Lai dai dai da-dai-dai-dai-dai dai dai dai dai dai dai dai And so Schindler bought a business that had once been owned by Jews He got Itzhak Stern to run it while he'd wine and dine and schmooze And the word went out in Krakow, no one knows how rumors fly Get a job at Schindler's factory, you won't be allowed to die Lai dai dai da-dai-dai-dai-dai dai dai dai da-dai-dai-dai Lai dai dai da-dai-dai-dai-dai dai dai dai dai dai dai dai To protect their Jewish workers, Stern and Schindler made a list They were vital to war efforts, or so Schindler would insist Schindler charmed and bribed and plotted with his profits riding low He just shrugged, it's only money, easy come and easy go Lai dai dai da-dai-dai-dai-dai dai dai dai da-dai-dai-dai Lai dai dai da-dai-dai-dai-dai dai dai dai dai dai dai dai With the Russians heading towards them when the war was at an end Schindler knew that of his fortune he'd spent all he had to spend So he told Stern and the workers, this is all that I can do. And he left for Argentina, he was broke and he was through. Lai dai dai da-dai-dai-dai-dai dai dai dai da-dai-dai-dai Lai dai dai da-dai-dai-dai-dai dai dai dai dai dai dai dai Schindler went to Argentina, but he never got a life. And he failed three times at business and he lost his fed-up wife. When he died, he was a pauper and the stone upon his grave was provided by donations from the people he had saved. Lai dai dai da-dai-dai-dai-dai dai dai dai da-dai-dai-dai Lai dai dai da-dai-dai-dai-dai dai dai dai dai dai dai dai There are some who say that heroes must be men of solid worth. That a hedonistic Nazi is the lowest scum on earth. But without him, seven thousand in this world would not exist. They're the children's, children's, children of the names on Schindler's List. Lai dai dai da-dai-dai-dai-dai dai dai dai da-dai-dai-dai Lai dai dai da-dai-dai-dai-dai dai dai dai dai dai dai dai Lai dai dai da-dai-dai-dai-dai dai dai dai da-dai-dai-dai Lai dai dai da-dai-dai-dai-dai dai dai dai dai dai dai dai