So a few posts ago I made a small quote from the song “So Long And Thanks For All The Fish” from Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. So I wanted to post the whole thing here to help you all out, but I could not really find any complete lists that were right. So I sat down and listened to the song many many times to try to get it right, and this is about as close as I’m going to get. So enjoy. If you steal my hard work (i’m not claiming the words themselfs, but my transcripton), please at least link back to me(http://come.to/jimmybop), or if you have a blog “trackback” to this post (trackback link can be found by clicking on the “comments” button at the bottom of this post).
(updated may 6th to change an error, thanks Descalzo)
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“So Long And Thanks For All The Fish”
Composed by: JOBY TALBOT
Found Here: http://jimmybop.blogsome.com/2005/05/04/lyrics-so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-fish
(trasnscribed to the internet by Chad Wright,
with help from the Official Hitchhiker’s site
Music video can be found here: http://hitchhikers.movies.go.com/games/dolphin.html)
So long and thanks for all the fish
So sad that it should come to this
We tried to warn you all but oh dear
You may not share our intellect
Which might explain your disrespect
For all the natural wonders that grow around you.
So long, So long, and thanks for all the fish
The world’s about to be destroyed
Theres no point getting all annoyed.
Lie back and let the planet dissolve (around you)
Despite those nets of tuna fleets
We thought that most of you were sweet
Especially tiny tots and your pregnant women.
So long, So long, So long, So long, So long,
So long, So long, So long, So long, So long,
So long, So long, and thanks for all the fish
If I had just one last wish
I would like a tasty fish
If we could just change one thing
We would all have learnt to sing
Come one and all
Man and mammal
Side by side in life’s great gene pool
So long, So long, So long, So long, So long,
So long, So long, So long, So long, So long,
So long, So long, and thanks for all the fish
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If this was what you were looking for (as many people have come here based on a search already) please leave a comment (or trackback in your blog) and thank me for listening to the song 20+ times in a row to get it almost perfect.
If you have a good translation of the lyrics in another language, please feel free to e-mail it to me (My e-mail address can be found near the bottom of the page) so that I can post it up and help more people out.
And Please! Place Your Pin!:
I was loooking for the song but the lyrics are a nice consolation prize. Thanks for listening over and over and over…and over…again! I appreciate it.
Comment by ED — May 4, 2005 @ 8:51 pm
I had the song, and was looking for a good lyrics sheet. Found a few sites that were incomplete before I found this one. Nice job, and thanks.
Comment by R.D. — May 5, 2005 @ 12:46 am
Thanks so much. I’ve been humming the song for days and wishing I could sing it out loud, but got tired of singing “la la la la la la la”.
Comment by zanne — May 6, 2005 @ 12:21 am
i’ve been searching for the lyrics all week! that song has been stuck in my head since i saw the movie–thank you for the lyrics!
Comment by Amy — May 6, 2005 @ 1:13 pm
I think you made a mistake: I think it’s “nets and tuna fleets” instead of nets and tuna fish. I’m glad i’m not the only nut out there. My wife heard me singing this song to our son in the bathtub, and she thought I had lost it.
Comment by Descalzo — May 6, 2005 @ 1:16 pm
YAY! I was afraid I was going to have to listen to it 20 times in a row - ironically enough, to post it in an “Ear Worms” thread….
Comment by K`shandra — May 6, 2005 @ 1:18 pm
You are the man thanks… check this out.. http://hitchhikers.movies.go.com/games/dolphin.html
Comment by Sam — May 6, 2005 @ 2:47 pm
thanx!
Comment by kate — May 7, 2005 @ 12:47 am
And this goes into my profile… (yup… one of those Hitchhiker’s nuts… even brought a towel to the movie)
Comment by Dan — May 7, 2005 @ 5:42 pm
Thank you so, so, so much! Me and my buddies have the Hitchhiker’s soundtrack and keep listening to the song over and over again. Best series in the world! Even brought towels to the movie theatre! Thanks for finally getting the lyrics!
Comment by Steph — May 7, 2005 @ 10:02 pm
Just saw the movie- and the lyrics were driving me nuts. Thank you!
Comment by Shannon — May 8, 2005 @ 1:37 am
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Pingback by Random Thoughts :: Hitchhiker’s Guide, Don’t forget your towel :: May :: 2005 — May 8, 2005 @ 3:11 am
Thanks very much. I went to see the film this week, and I have just spent an hour looking for the lyrics.
(now if only I could get the beggar out of my head for 10 minutes)
Comment by Sion — May 8, 2005 @ 12:48 pm
Thanks!
Comment by Anonymous — May 8, 2005 @ 2:54 pm
Thanks so much for getting the lyrics! I’ve listened to this song so many times since I bought on iTunes Thursday night (after seeing the movie) and still couldn’t quite get all the lyrics down. Thanks!!!
Comment by Kristen — May 8, 2005 @ 4:15 pm
Does ne1 no were to down load it???
Comment by Saphirex — May 9, 2005 @ 2:58 pm
thanks for getting the lyrics, it was stuck in my head and its nice to now have words to the tune!!!
Comment by Anonymous — May 10, 2005 @ 11:15 am
You’re brillant! You made my night by providing the lyrics, thank you so much for listening for the rest of us.
Comment by Amanda — May 14, 2005 @ 10:55 pm
Thank you so much for the lyrics!! I knew some of them but was trying to figure out the rest. I hope one day you will finally be able to get this catchy song out of your head. ^^
Comment by Jen — May 18, 2005 @ 12:42 am
Hey thanks! It sounds like you got the lyrics right to me. What a great song! Great movie too. I can’t stop singing this one. So long and thanks for all the lyrics. -Karl
Comment by Karl Fish — May 22, 2005 @ 1:44 am
THANK YOU!
Comment by Mayra — May 23, 2005 @ 4:13 am
couldn’t agree more - you are a legend
Comment by Lucy — May 27, 2005 @ 4:08 am
What a great song. You’ve got quite an ear! You should be worshipped as though you were a warrior champion returning home to his small village after defeating an incredible adversary. (I think that’s what you wanted to hear…)
Comment by JoeBob — May 30, 2005 @ 11:42 pm
Indeed, thank you. Lyrics were quite difficult to catch, and quite enjoyable now that I’ve seen them.
Comment by Wesley — May 31, 2005 @ 11:08 am
sighs i love this song!
thanks for putting the link to the clip with it
spherissa
Comment by Anonymous — June 3, 2005 @ 2:44 am
Thank You! This is an extremely powerful earworm that was begging for words to go with it’s catchy tune! I can’t wait to let my daughter know I have the lyrics! Your hard work is greatly appreciated!
Comment by Lola Corolla — June 4, 2005 @ 1:39 pm
I did. Thanks for the lyrics. Brazilian Cheers.
Comment by Cedê — June 6, 2005 @ 12:18 am
So long and thanks for the lyrics! I love that song and scene! So sweet! It brings a tear to my eye.
Comment by Kit — June 6, 2005 @ 6:36 pm
Of course you’re right, I Googled “So Long and Thanks for All the Fish” lyrics and this was the top entry! Much appreciation for a job well done.
Comment by Jimcat — June 8, 2005 @ 12:49 pm
Thank you.
Comment by M — June 9, 2005 @ 12:55 am
Wow, great job, jimmybop! If there wasn’t that undefinable urge to go out and get some fish… eh, never mind, just came back from the cinema, and now these lyrics, too much for a poor human mind, I guess.
Comment by Keine Panik! — June 9, 2005 @ 5:49 pm
Good job.
Don’t Panic
Comment by Craig O'Connor — June 10, 2005 @ 5:40 pm
Thank You soo much!! I have been searching for three hours and i could only find lyrics this close on ur website!! thanx dude!!!
Comment by Kris — June 11, 2005 @ 4:20 am
That is the only correct lyrics I have found for that track - lyricz.com and all the other affiliates are totally wrong
Comment by Abdul — June 13, 2005 @ 6:34 am
i saw the film yesterday, and this song did’nt get out of my mind, so i started looking for the text and i’m absolutely happy now, singing it over and over again, getting on my family’s nerves… Thanks!
Comment by Anonymous — June 13, 2005 @ 2:47 pm
Thanks! I’ve had the opening two lines in my head and was looking for the lyrics, so thank you for taking the time to write them out!
Comment by Jen — June 13, 2005 @ 3:35 pm
THANKS!
“If I had just one last wish, I would like a tasy fish…”
Comment by k — June 14, 2005 @ 3:45 am
Thank you so much, have been searching for the lyrics since I saw the film!
Comment by Nina — June 15, 2005 @ 3:45 am
I was looking for the lyrics of that song. Same as almost everybody else… so thanks for listening to it that many times… I have to translate it now for my friends… Cheers
Comment by Anna — June 15, 2005 @ 8:22 am
Thanks, I didn’t get all the words when watching the movie. I’ll get the soundtrack soon so I’ll be able to sing along to the song all day
we got quite a lot of funny looks while walking through town…
@dan: me and my friends brought towels, too, as well as bathrobes
Comment by san — June 20, 2005 @ 1:39 am
I bartend in a piano bar and we have been looking for the lyrics. Thanks for doing the hard part! I’ll give you props next time I’m at work.
Comment by Betsy — June 22, 2005 @ 4:45 am
Three cheers for your selfless persistance. You are definitely a really hoopy frood, who knows where his towel is.
Comment by Michael Howard, CTM — June 23, 2005 @ 3:13 pm
thank you I have had this song stuck in my head for ever and I only knew the first line
Comment by anna landaw — June 25, 2005 @ 9:41 pm
If I had just one last wish, I would like a tasty fish!
Ja, es stimmt.
Delphine sind intelligent.
Aber SO intelligent? Ja! Natrlich
Ich hr grade den OST von Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, sehr lustig.
Nun ja, jetzt bin ich sehr mde.
Meine Freundin kommt morgen wieder, aus Griechenland.
…
Trackback by a not creative blog — June 26, 2005 @ 4:25 pm
Thanks for listenin and gettin these lyrics, my aunt wont stop singingin it now though
Comment by A thankful Person — June 26, 2005 @ 6:46 pm
Hi Jimmybop,
thanks for your listening work. the movie and the books have changed my life and i did a “douglas adams tribute cd” with my old band GALLERY http://www.gallerymania.de and will play the new song live with my coverband “Party Blues In Bb” so the lyrics are a great help
Comment by Andreas — June 27, 2005 @ 10:19 am
Thanks!
Comment by Anonymous — June 28, 2005 @ 7:49 am
Golly ! Finally found it ! Thanks! your awesome!
Comment by Arthur — July 3, 2005 @ 7:47 am
So long, So long, So long, So long, So long,
and thanks for the lyric !!!
Comment by Arthur — July 3, 2005 @ 7:49 am
Thanks! Just what I was looking for.
Comment by Faust — July 4, 2005 @ 2:55 pm
You’re the best, Roger. Thanks for all the fish
Comment by Matty Boy — July 7, 2005 @ 4:37 pm
thanks man! a bunch! kids at my high school want to make this next years senior song! Thanks for all the fish dude!
Comment by tiff — July 11, 2005 @ 6:49 pm
It’s a wicked song, bizarrely feel-good. Thanks for providing me with the lyrics, I’m off to try it out in the shower now!
Comment by Craig Foot — July 12, 2005 @ 2:43 pm
Thank you very much for this lyric… I just cannot get that song out of my head.
Comment by Blackened — July 19, 2005 @ 2:22 pm
hello. i came here looking for the lyrics (you’re the only one that has the opera-like “come on and all” part, or the first i saw.) so thanks
(not just for the fish)
Comment by rachel — July 20, 2005 @ 6:49 pm
Nice work. Although it is helpful that the Flash version has most of the words. Now, I must go, or I’ll be late. Late, as in the late DentArthurDent.
Comment by Fiery Darts — July 29, 2005 @ 2:45 pm
Thank you very much - I also have looked for the lyrics - so - So long and thanks for good work
)
Cheers from Czechia
Comment by Patla — August 1, 2005 @ 9:12 am
Gotta love that song …
Comment by Burnie — August 1, 2005 @ 3:37 pm
Ah yes, Thank you very much. Some of the lines needed to be cleared up for me.
Comment by NCHM — August 2, 2005 @ 10:41 pm
Has anyone found the reprise version online?
Comment by theteapot — August 3, 2005 @ 5:31 am
I used this site to get information for that i had in my class. This is an excellent site for this information
Comment by Anonymous — August 4, 2005 @ 10:50 am
Thank you very much!
Comment by Yuri Kibirov — August 6, 2005 @ 11:15 am
Thank you ssssssoooooooooo much for your help. I wanted the words so that I could annoy my sister with it. It worked. Thx. you’re awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by Sara — August 9, 2005 @ 3:37 pm
U’ve got good pics, the site could use a tiny bit of work (no offense) its still awesome
Comment by Anonymous — August 10, 2005 @ 2:22 am
Hello, a really interesting experience to visit your website. For sure i will come back soon. greets to all !
Comment by Anonymous — August 11, 2005 @ 4:24 am
so lon, so long, so long and thanks fo all the lyrics.
/christoffer
Comment by Christoffer — August 12, 2005 @ 3:55 pm
I put my step in to your guestbook like I always
Comment by Anonymous — August 13, 2005 @ 6:12 am
Great, the first thing i found when i searched for the Lyrics was this page and your post =) There where some points i wasnt able to understand ( maybe because im german ^^). When i saw the film that song simply struck me and never left my ear. So i bought the OST and i cant get enough of it and some other tracks =)
Comment by Vashi — August 13, 2005 @ 2:07 pm
You are doing a wonderful thing here on the Internet. I wish you the very best. Kindest regards.
Comment by Anonymous — August 14, 2005 @ 3:40 am
Bravo, et merci pour le poisson …
The lyrics were translated in the french version of the movie, easier to understand for most people … but the original is still better ! And the songs is awesome, so thanks again !
Comment by Pierre-Henri — August 22, 2005 @ 10:23 am
Thank you so much. The best lyrics for this song on the internet
Comment by Eroch — August 23, 2005 @ 9:51 pm
Excellent Web Site! Very professional and full of great information. I am greatly enjoying it. Your enthusiasm is wonderful!!!
Comment by Anonymous — August 26, 2005 @ 12:20 am
Thanks a lot! it’s much nicer than the quotes on imbd site. The work and time spent were worth it. Besides, «time’s an illusion, lunch time doubly so».
Comment by Teresa — September 3, 2005 @ 3:25 pm
Really glad tht i can now sing along to the soundtrack, even as bad as my voice is.
Comment by dmeon_tigress — September 9, 2005 @ 6:44 pm
I’ve been looking all over for these lyrics!Thank you so much-this song is awesome
Comment by Anonymous — October 17, 2005 @ 6:00 pm
wow. get bored much?
Comment by Anonymous — November 26, 2005 @ 1:21 am
Man, that’s more than an invitation. Here’s the Italian version (not translation) of So long and thanks for all the fish.
Addio e Grazie per Tutto il Pesce
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Addio e grazie per il pesce
Anche se in fondo ci rincresce
La vita a volte va così
L’intelligenza che c’è in voi
Non vi ha mai reso come noi
Non c’è rispetto verso le cose belle
Vi salutiamo e grazie
Per tutto il pesce
Il mondo si distruggerà
La colpa è vostra e si sa
E tanti lo sapevano già (già da un anno)
La pesca qui è tragica
È fuori da ogni logica
Ma molti di voi
Non sono cattivi affatto
Addio (x5)
Addio (x5)
Vi salutiamo e grazie per tutto il pesce
Io in testa ho un pallino
Posso avere un pesciolino?
Una cosa vorrei far
Imparare a cantare
Ah! Che gioia
Infinita
Tutti nell’oceano
Della vita
Addio (x5)
Addio (x5)
Vi salutiamo e grazie per tutto il pesce
Comment by findeconti — December 7, 2005 @ 8:20 am
You should have a audio playback of the song.
Comment by Jenny — December 26, 2005 @ 1:54 pm
That was so much help to me! Thank you so much for listening to it over and over!!!
Comment by Jenny — January 1, 2006 @ 10:33 pm
Thanks for the lyrics, I have a link for a “video” of the song http://www.freevideocodes.com/new/item.php?id=19849
Comment by Bobo — June 28, 2006 @ 5:15 pm
I’m super happy to have the lyrics…You are the bestest for doing this for us all! 42!
Comment by Siera — July 17, 2006 @ 7:52 pm
If anyone ever gets the sheet music for that tune dont hesitate to let me know please. I cant find it anywhere!!
Comment by Matt — December 5, 2006 @ 10:37 pm
Guess my email would have helped, zelenvr@hotmail.com
Comment by Matt — December 5, 2006 @ 10:40 pm
Thanks for all the fish! Yes, I was looking! Hilarious song! Did you enjoy the song ALL 20 times?
Comment by Cindy — May 16, 2007 @ 8:41 am
I just watched the movie the other and loved it. At work I keep singing the song but only know the first line so I decided to see if it was on the web anywhere. Thank you for your efforts they did not go unappreciated.
Comment by Rhonda — February 13, 2008 @ 3:51 pm
Well, sounds great to me! Good job!
Comment by Eduardo Medeiros — February 16, 2008 @ 2:32 pm
I was looking for sheet music for this song? Do you know of anywhere I can find any?
Comment by Taylor — September 6, 2008 @ 3:13 pm
it’s a great song while getting layed off from work.
-Julie & Tony.
Comment by Tony & Julie — June 16, 2009 @ 2:55 pm
I am singing this at the top of my voice and was humming the parts I didn’t know and now…No HUMMING!!! Thank you!
Comment by Anonymous — June 21, 2009 @ 8:19 pm