HALLOWEEN MUZAK

[fredxmertz]

I guess I got this disease from my paternal father. He had a giant reel to reel tape player with hours and hours of HALLOWEEN muzak. He'd drag it out once a year and let the tape play all the way thru. This was in the daze before MP3's, and I could easily roll about 8 hours of HOWLAWEEN tunes from the hard drive here at stately Mertz Manor.

Every band I've ever played in had at least a few spooky songs..... most of the stuff I listen to is in the SPOOKY vein.

Screamin Lord Sutch, the SONICS, CRAMPS, B-52's, SIOUXSIE, the Damned, Dead Kennedys, the Pogues (YES!) , I could go on and on. I've never been a big fan of the MISFITS tho.... Heeres some lyrics of 2 of my faves.


WHISTLIN PAST THE GRAVEYARD by Mr. Tom Waits

well i come in on a night train
with an arm full of box cars
on the wings of a magpie
cross a hooligan night
and i busted up a chifforobe
way out by the cocomo
cooked up a mess a mulligan
and got into a fight

whistlin' past the graveyard
steppin' on a crack
i'm a mean motherhubbard
papa one eyes jack

you probably seen me sleepin'
out by the railroad tracks
go on and ask the prince of darkness
what about all thet smoke
come from the stack
sometimes i kill myself a jackel
suck out all the blood
steal myself a stationwagon
drivin' through the mud
whistlin' past the graveyard
steppin' on a crack
i'm mean motherhubbard
papa one eyed jack

i know you seen my headlights
and the honkin' of my horn
i'm callin' out my bloodhounds
chase the devil through the corn
last night i chugged the mississippi
now that suckers dry as a bone
born in a taxi cab
i'm never comin' home

whistlin' past the graveyard
steppin' on a crack
i'm mean motherhubbard
papa one eyed jack

myeyes have seen the glory
of the drainin' og the ditch
i only come to baton rouge
to find myself a witch
i'm-ona snatch me up a
couple of em every time itrains
you see a locomotive
probably thinkin' its a train

whistlin' past the graveyard
steppin' on a crack
i'm a mean motherhubbard
papa one eyed jack

what you think is the sunshine
is just a twinkle in my eye
that ring around my fingers
just the 4th of july
when i get a little bit lonesome
and a tear falls from my check
theres gonna be an ocean in
the middle of the week

whistlin' past the graveyard
steppin' on a crack
i'm mean motherhubbard
papa one eyed jack

i rode into town on a night train
with an arm full of box cars
on the wings of a magpie
cross a hooligan night
i'm-ona tear me off a rainbow
and wear it for a tie
i never told the truth
so i can never tell a lie

whistlin' past the graveyard
steppin' on a crack
i'm mean motherhubbard
papa one eyed jack




Do you ever think as a hearse goes by,

that you may be the next to die?

They wrap you up in a big white sheet

From your head down to your feet.

They put you in a big black box,

And cover you up with dirt and rocks.

All goes well for about a week,

Then your coffin begins to leak.

The worms crawl in, the worms crawl out,

The worms play pinochle on your snout.

They eat your eyes, they eat your nose,

They eat the jelly between your toes.

A big green worm with rolling eyes,

Crawls in your stomach and out your eyes.

Your stomach turns a slimy green,

And pus pours out like whipping cream.

You spread it on a slice of bread,

And that's what you eat when you are dead.


WTF is a 'chifforobe' ?!?!

Comments

Teacher's pet --> (-_-)/

[stranded.livejournal.com]

A "chifforobe" is like a tall dresser that has a section for hanging close. So, a wardrobe + a... chiff?

Hmm... and I was doing so good.

Re: Teacher's pet --> (-_-)/

[fredxmertz.livejournal.com]

maybe its like those moss-covered, three-handled family gradenzas I'm always hearing about.