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01. Scissor Man

Snipping, snipping, snipping goes the scissor man
Putting end to evil doers games
Snipping, snipping, snipping goes the scissor man
Maybe you are in his book of names
Maybe you are in his book of names

So be kind and helpful to your mother
Just think twice before you try and steal
When he cuts with sticky silver snippers
You may find the wounds will never heal

All self made bad boys
If you refuse to believe he exist
You won't be frightened when you find out
You're on his list
You're on his list
You're on his list

Snipping, snipping, snipping goes the scissor man
Putting end to evil doers games
Snipping, snipping, snipping goes the scissor man
Maybe you are in his book of names
Maybe you are in his book of names

So be good and never poison people
Just think twice before the deed is done
When you wake up guilty in the morning
You may find important pieces gone

All self made bad boys
If you refuse to believe he exist
You won't be frightened when you find out
You're on his list
You're on his list
You're on his list

Snipping, snipping, snipping goes the scissor man
Putting end to evil doers games
Snipping, snipping, snipping goes the scissor man
Maybe you are in his book of names
Maybe you are in his book of names

All self made bad boys
If you refuse to believe he exist
You won't be frightened when you find out
You're on his list
You're on his list
You're on his list

Snipping, snipping, snipping goes the scissor man
Putting end to evil doers games
Snipping, snipping, snipping goes the scissor man
Maybe you are in his book of names
Maybe you are in his book of names

Snipping, snipping, snipping, snipping, snipping, snipping
Snipping, snipping, snipping, snipping, snipping, snipping
Snip, snip, snip, snip, snip, snip
Snipping, snipping, snipping, snipping, snipping, snipping
Snip, snip, snip, snip, snip, snip
Snip, snip, snip, snip, snip, snip, snip, snip, snip, snip, snip, snip
Snipping
Snip, snip, snip, snip, snip, snip

02. The Family And The Fishing Net

Suffocated by mirrors, stained by dreams
Her honey belly pulls the seams
Curves are still upon the hinge
Pale zeros tinge the tiger skin

Moist as grass, ripe and heavy as the night
The sponge is full, well out of sight
All around the conversations
Icing on the warm flesh cake

Light creeps through her secret tunnels
Sucked into the open spaces
Burning out in sudden flashes
Draining blood from well-fed faces

Desires form in subtle whispers
Flex the muscles in denial
Up and down its pristine cage
So the music, so the trial

Vows of sacrifice, headless chickens
Dance in circles, they the blessed
Man and wife, undressed by all
Their grafted trunks in heat possessed

Even as the soft skins tingle
They mingle with the homeless mother
Who loves the day but lives another
That once was hers

The worried father, long lost lover
Brushes ashes with his broom
Rehearses jokes to fly and hover
Bursting over the bride and groom
And the talk goes on

Memories crash on tireless waves
The lifeguards whom the winter saves
Memories crash on tireless waves
The lifeguards whom the winter saves

Silence falls the guillotine
All the doors are shut
Nervous hands grip tight the knife
In the darkness, 'til the cake is cut

Passed around (passed around)
In little pieces (in little pieces)
The body (the body)
The body and the flesh
The family (the family)
And the fishing-net
And another (another)
In the mesh
The body, the body, and the flesh

03. Silly Putty

[Instrumental]

04. Amos Moses

Yeah
Here comes Amos

Amos Moses was a Cajun
And lived by himself in the swamp
Hunting alligator for a living
He used to knock 'em on the head with a stump
The Louisiana law's gonna get you, Amos
It ain't legal hunting alligator down in the swamp, boy

Now everybody blamed his old man
For raising him mean as a snake
When Amos Moses was a boy
His Daddy would use him for alligator bait
Tie a rope around his waist
And throw him in the swamp
Alligator bait on the Louisiana bayou

'Bout 45 minutes
Southeast of Thibodaux, Louisiana
There lived a man called Duck Bill Sam
And his pretty wife Hannah
They raised up a son that could
Eat up his weight in groceries
Named him after a man of the cloth
They called him Amos Moses

Yeah
Now folks in South Louisiana
Said Amos was a helluva man
He could trap the biggest, meanest alligator
He only had to use one hand
That's all he got left
'Cause the alligator bit him
Left arm gone, clean up to the elbow

Well, the Sheriff got wind that
Amos was in the swamp hunting alligator skin
So he hid in the swamp, I'm gonna get you, boy
He never did come out again
Well, I wonder where the Louisiana Sheriff went to?
Sure can get lost in the Louisiana bayou

'Bout 45 minutes
Southeast of Thibodaux, Louisiana
There lived a man called Duck Bill Sam
And his pretty wife Hannah
They raised up a son that could
Eat up his weight in groceries
Named him after a man of the cloth
They called him Amos Moses

Sit down on 'em, Amos
Make it count, son
Here comes Amos
Yeah
Yeah
Get down at 'em, boy

05. Behind My Camel

[Instrumental]

06. Too Many Puppies

Too many puppies are being shot in the dark
Too many puppies are trained not to bark
At the sight of blood that must be spilled
So that we may maintain our oil fields

Too many puppies
Too many puppies

Too many puppies are taught to heel
Too many puppies are trained to kill
On the command of men wearing money belts
That buy mistresses sleek animal pelts

Too many puppies
Too many puppies
Too many pup-pup-pup-pup-pup-pup-puppies
Too many puppies

Too many puppies with guns in their hands
Too many puppies in foreign lands
Are dressed up sharp in suits of green
And placed upon the war machine

Too many puppies arе just like me
Too many puppies arе afraid to see
The visions of the past brought to life again
Too many puppies, too many dead men

07. The Thing That Should Not Be

Messenger of fear in sight
Dark deception kills the light
Hybrid children watch the sea
Pray for Father, roaming free

Fearless wretch, insanity
He watches, lurking beneath the sea
Great Old One, forbidden site
He searches, hunter of the shadows is rising
Immortal
In madness, you dwell

Crawling chaos, underground
Cult has summoned twisted sound
Out from ruins once possessed
Fallen city, living death

Fearless wretch, insanity
He watches, lurking beneath the sea
Timeless sleep has been upset
He awakens, hunter of the shadows is rising
Immortal
In madness, you dwell

In madness, you dwell

Not dead, which eternal lie
Stranger eons death may die
Drain you of your sanity
Face the thing that should not be

Fearless wretch, insanity
He watches, lurking beneath the sea
Great Old One, forbidden site
He searches, hunter of the shadows is rising
Immortal
In madness, you dwell

08. Tommy the Cat

It is now, officially, a big rock show

I remember as if it were a meal ago
Said Tommy the cat as he reeled back to clear whatever foreign matter may have nestled its way into his mighty throat
Many a fat alley rat had met its demise while staring point blank down the cavernous barrel of this awesome prowling machine
Truly a wonder of nature this urban predator
Tommy the cat had many a story to tell
But it was a rare occasion such as this
That he did

She came sliding on down the alleyway like butter drippin' off a hot biscuit
The aroma, the mean scent, was enough to arouse suspicion in even the oldest of Tigers that hung around the hot spot in those days
The sight was beyond belief
Many a head snapped for double, even triple-takes as this vivacious feline made her way into the delta of the alleyway
Where the most virile of the young tabbies were known to hang out
They hung out in droves
Such a multitude of masculinity could only be found in one place and that was O'Malley's Alley

The air was thick with catcalls, no pun intended, but not even a muscle in her neck did twitch as she sauntered straight into the heart of the alleyway
She knew what she wanted
She was looking for that stud bull
The He-Cat
And that was me
Tommy the cat is my name
And I say unto thee

Say, baby, do you wanna lay down with me?
Say, baby, do you wanna lay down by my side?
Ah, baby, do you wanna lay down with me?
Say, baby
Say, baby

Ladies and gentlemen
I would like to take this opportunity to introduce to you
The man, the myth, the pseudo-Mexican
Brain

Say, baby, do you wanna lay down with me?
Say, baby, do you wanna lay down by my side?
Ah, baby, do you wanna lay down with me?
Say, baby
Say, baby
Say, baby, do you wanna lay down with me?
Say, baby, do you wanna lay down by my side?
Ah, baby, do you wanna lay down with me?
Say, b-b-b-b-b-b-b-baby
Say, baby, do you wanna lay down with me?
Say, baby, do you wanna lay down by my side?
Ah, baby, do you wanna lay down with me?
Say, baby
Say, baby

Say, baby, do you wanna lay down with me?
Say, baby, do you wanna lay down by my side?
Ah, baby, do you wanna lay down with me?
Say, baby
Say, baby
Say, baby, do you wanna lay down with me?
Say, baby, do you wanna lay down by my side?
Ah, baby, do you wanna lay down with me?
Say, baby
Say, baby
Say, baby, do you wanna lay down with me?
Say, baby, do you wanna lay down by my side?
Ah, baby, do you wanna lay down with me?
Say, baby
Say, baby

09. Bob's Party Time Lounge

Glad you came, glad you're here
Have some champagne, imported beer
Dig down in your dirt bag
And roll us out a spleef
Been erect here now for thirteen days
And I came to get relief
At Bob's Party Time
Pack my nose with cocaine
Feed my filthy hole
Bust out the dancin' women
I'm prone to lose control
And if by chance I fall down
And bust my head on the floor
Just wrap my wound in a porterhouse steak
And point me towards the shore
At Bob's Party Time