The Westing Game

After "The Last Unicorn" by America

When the last dimes have been spent,
And the clues have all been counted,
In a game that you invent,
With your theories and your fancies,
It's the clues that you don't have,
That can lead you to the prize.
If you understand, that the will says,
That its author never died.

Refrain:

'Cause he's alive,
He's alive. (3x)

Barney Northrup brought us here,
To live at Sunset Towers,
And it seems since we've been here,
We've all fallen to strange powers.
For it's here by Lake Michigan,
That the old man spins his lies.
For his vengeance, retribution,
For his daughter, on his wife.

Refrain

So now you understand
Why we horde these scraps of paper.
What seems worthless now,
Could be valuable later.
So we stare past his chimney,
And we watch the smoke rise,
And we wonder at the old man,
At his fortune and his lies.

Refrain

December 18, 1997

Possibly my favorite book of all time, but look here for that.