The world had met the end
It has been blown to dust
It ain't no current trend
Gone with minimal fuss
Vogons had to make way
They posted a notice
Making a galactic highway
And the Vogons don't miss
Arthur and Ford
Hitched a ride
Snuck aboard
The Dentrassis helped them hide
Vogons don't like hitchhikers on their ship
And so says the guide to the galaxy
They catch you sneaking a trip
And you may have to listen to poetry
Vogon poetry isn't too good
Third worst in the Galaxy to be exact
A torture to listen to if you would
A sad attempt to make up for what evolution lacked
Through this Ford and Arthur must suffer
Ford goes into a fit
But Arthur seemingly tougher
Says he rather liked it
They are sentenced to death
Despite their praise of the horrid work of art
And with a few seconds left
Saved by a ship that happened to be in this part
The chances of them being picked up were
2 to the power of 276,709 to 1
Then what also did occur
Made the chances even more slim to none
The captain of the ship was Zaphod Beeblebrox
Who was the president of the galaxy, to ring a bell
And if that wasn't enough coincidence to knock off your socks
He was Ford's semi cousin as well
Zaphod had stolen a ship
Something know as a Infinite Improbability Drive
Ford and Arthur thought they had lost their grip
So shocked that they were still alive
Improbable things rein here
Ford becomes a penguin and Arthur loses limbs
And what even more to fear
The thought of normal dims
Monkeys want to talk about Hamlet
A voice says soon all will be right
Everything will be set
When normality is reached all is tight
Soon normalcy is on top
But Beeblebrox is not happy
On the run from cops
Trying to flee
He didn't want to give the hitchhikers a ride
Thought it would slow them down
Asked Trillian why she tried
She says by the ship they were found
Well when they meet its quite amazing
Trillian and Arthur each other knew
On Earth there was a shin-ding
But their acquaintances hadn't grew
A man had come claiming to be an alien
Had swept her off her feet
Arthur never saw her again
After the first time they did meet
And here she was in outer space
The only other earthling left
It seemed that coincidence was the case
Triggered by Beeblebrox's theft
Arthur and Ford meet Marvin
A chronically depressed robot
Imagine a depressed piece of tin
And he was annoying a quite lot
The Ship was stolen to find a legend
A planet that made planets for the rich
The planet was Magrathea around the galactic bend
And they reach it without a hitch
Upon arrival, a dilemma rises
Approach seems to be discouraged
Two missiles in large sizes
By the missiles they barely hedged
One missile becomes a sperm whale
The other petunias in a bowl
They make it to the planet without fail
Meeting Zaphod's main goal
On the planet they find a cave
Ford, Zaphod, and Trillian go
Security to Arthur and Marvin is gave
And Arthur must listen to Marvin's woe
Along comes a man named Slartibartfast
Tells Arthur to come with him
He shows Arthur a movie from the past
It starts out a little dim
It shows a computer and two men
And they want to ask THE question
To life the universe and everything
The computer says it can be done
It will take 7.5 million years
For THE question, not to bad
But when the answer they hear
They are not to glad
The answer to life is 42
It isn't what they were looking for
But for the right question its true
A better computer is needed for the chore
So a bigger and better is built
They take on the shape of mice
And they feel no guilt
Building back Earth twice
When the earth was wiped out
They lost valuable info
THE question without doubt
And they were feeling low
So they wanted to make a deal
The mice that is
Arthur couldn't believe they were for real
One mind they wanted, and that was his
At first it seemed to be okay
Until they said they needed his brain
So they ran, trying to hold them at bay
The mice chased, but couldn't gain
Just as they were almost safe
The police did arrive
And just as they lost faith
Both cops died
They didn't question fate
They just made a run for it
They headed for the exit gate
And there was Marvin in a fit
He had plugged into the ship of the cops
Who had attempted homicide
Talking to Marvin sent the ship over the top
And it had committed suicide
Earth is gone for good
Arthur believes it now
He'll move on like he should
And onward to the galaxy we go
