[HENRIK]
Later
When is later?
All you ever hear is "Later, Henrik
Henrik, later"

"Yes, I know, Henrik
Oh, Henrik
Everyone agrees, Henrik
Please, Henrik!"

You have a thought you're fairly bursting with
A personal discovery or problem, and it's
"What's your rush, Henrik?
Shush, Henrik
Goodness, how you gush, Henrik
Hush, Henrik!"

You murmur
"I only
It's just that
For God's sake"
"Later, Henrik!"

"Henrik"
Who is "Henrik"?
"Oh, that lawyer's son, the one who mumbles
Short and boring
Yes, he's hardly worth ignoring"
And who cares if he's all dammеd–
I beg your pardon–
Up inside?
As I've oftеn stated
It's intolerable
Being tolerated
"Reassure Henrik
Poor Henrik
Henrik, you'll endure
Being pure, Henrik."

Though I've been born, I've never been!
How can I wait around for later?
I'll be ninety on my deathbed
And the late, or, rather, later
Henrik Egerman
Doesn't anything begin?

[Spoken]
The magnificent Clay Ruede!