42 – Ode to Douglas Adams

[If you can’t recognize the tune, you’re in the wrong generation.
Run along and play until the grownups are done.]

When I find myself in times of trouble,
Douglas Adams comes in view
Speaking words of wisdom: „Forty-two.“
And in my hour of darkness,
He is the light that shines on through
Speaking words of wisdom: „Forty-two.“

Forty-two, forty-two, forty-two, forty-two.
Whisper words of wisdom: forty-two.

What are the broken-hearted people
Living in the world to do?
There will be an answer: Forty-two.
For though they may be parted,
There is still a chance to see what’s true.
There will be an answer: forty-two.

Forty-two, forty-two, forty-two, forty-two.
There will be an answer: forty-two.