They said, son if you don't know
You probably shouldn't go
But I think that if you blink
You're bound to sink so low
And everybody's going to be there
Yes, everybody's going to be there
A horse giving head
To some guy named Fred
And Topsy the elephant, too
And the paper man, Memphis Dan
Screaming at the top of his lungs
I'm a big girl
I'm a big girl now!
The gypsy lady on the Ferris wheel
She's calling you to kneel
And then, once you're in a trance
You'll answer to her will
And everybody's going to be there
Yes, everybody's going to be there
The belly dancing fairies
With their bellies full of cherries
Dancing round the three eyed goat
The taxidermist looking up
N peeing in a paper cup
Stuffing Big Bill Broonzy records down his throat
And then you see him float
It ain't over till it's over
Once you're done you've just begun
You realize the Russian spies
Are trying to steal the sun
And everybody's going to be dead
Yes, everybody's going to be dead
Lady luck
She made a buck
At a blackjack table dual
But it ain't worth a dime
She's running out of time
Escapes the fire on a wooden mule
And Raja the puck
He just wanted to fuck
Lil Peggy, the peg leg pig
They're in his pick up truck
Along with lady luck
She's setting fire to his golden wig
Oh my darling, can you dig?
You see their bodies lying dead neath the misty twilight of the morn
The horse still giving head, you wish you never had been born
And everybody's going to be there…
credits
from Lick My Heart,
released October 27, 2010
Uzi Ramirez - guitar
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