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Eleven top hats |
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In the club vestibule |
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Eleven gentlemen's cloaks |
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Hanging up by the black swimming pool |
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Eleven gentlemen dancing |
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Each in a style of his own |
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One is discreetly conversing |
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On a cordless telephone |
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And the first he kills only the wicked |
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And the second kills only the good |
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And the third he kills people more handsome than him |
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And the fourth kills the misunderstood |
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And the fifth kills the women who've loved him |
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And the sixth kills the couldn't-care-less |
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The seventh kills people who fill questionnaires in |
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The eighth kills the deeply depressed |
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And the ninth kills the twentieth century |
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And the tenth waits to kill you and me |
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The eleventh kills only our fear of the tenth |
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The best executioner he |
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At some ungodly hour in the morning |
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The predictable quarrels begin |
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The first gentleman without warning |
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Slugs the second one square on the chin |
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And the third says the fourth is too ugly |
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And the fifth warns the sixth not to start |
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And the seventh stops dead in his telephone call |
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A stiletto has punctured his heart |
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And the eighth is sick in the cistern |
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And the floodwaters fuse all the lights |
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And the ninth drops his copy of 'Jane's Defence Systems' on the floor |
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In an act of sheer spite |
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And the tenth drums his fingers and swings his feet |
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Because somebody's stolen his scythe |
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'Til an expert in brinksmanship brings him complete |
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A medium range nuclear device |
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And now chairs will be placed on the dance floor |
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And now lights will be trained on the bar |
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And a puppet will sing a morality |
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As an idiot strums a guitar |
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While the gentlemen sit with erections |
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You perform in a transparent skirt |
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A climax without satisfaction |
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And a murder in which you're not hurt |
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And me, I sit where the gentlemen sit |
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And we love you |
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And we love you |
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Yes we love you |
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I assure you we do |
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La la-la-la la la-la-la ..... Plainy! |
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La la-la-la la la-la-la ..... Clappy! |
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La la-la-la la la-la-la ..... Rolly! |
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La la-la-la la la-la-la ..... Backy! |
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Rattle tum a gypsum gypsum ..... Left Hand! |
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Rattle tum a gypsum gypsum ..... Right! |
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Rattle tum a gypsum gypsum ..... Touch your heel! |
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Rattle tum a gypsum gypsum ..... Touch your toe! |
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Rattle tum a gypsum gypsum ..... Touch the ground! |
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Rattle tum a gypsum gypsum ..... Big Burlio! |
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Rattle tum a gypsum gypsum ..... Plainy! |
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Rattle tum a gypsum gypsum ..... Clappy! |
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Rattle tum a gypsum gypsum ..... Rolly! |
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Rattle tum a gypsum gypsum ..... Backy! |
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Rattle tum a gypsum gypsum ..... |