Katzenjammer

As two men dropped down the dead body Of a young elegant dandy, All stopped their dance and began staring At the knife that was in his chest resting. Then the smiling murderer came in. He was a town worker young and thin. And he bent over the dead dandy...

Hey! "Nine hours passed, and how long will it last?" Says the man with the plan and a gun in his hand He's scared, but prepared it might be as he feared "Are they still in control and safe behind the wall?" This evening's too quiet; oh, we need a real rio...

Welcome to the crossroads The center of your life A shrink has got your money And the devil’s got your wife Welcome to the crossroads The crowded TV show You form your lips forever Into a kiss before you go 

The lady in furs appeared at seven In the Sunlight Sanatorium garden There were a child, an old man and a nun All gathered together to breathe the sun She had spent the night drinking and flirting Needed to see a bit of misery She had in mind to stop on...

Bad girl, bad girl Go hide away, go hurl That friggin' skirt of yours That is way too short for my mama and me Bad girl, bad girl Don't be too comfy with yourself We'll be at your back with a hack to stand And watchin' you bleed High on lies My tongue...

Four cups of cherries or more, maybe five just to be sure, One cup of sugar or more if the berries are sour. Let your belly say when, when you put in A good pinch cinnamon Groovin', twistin' your leg, when you add the yolk of an egg Crumble some butter w...

Volatile and shaky, I wish you were inside me Rattling like the subway, oh that is on a good day But I can keep the straightest face, wear a mask and find my place. I guess you wanna see me, as underage and dreamy I am tending to my uniform fetish And the tho...

You could dance with my baby I'm sure he wouldn't mind You could rub yourself against him You could pour him drunk with wine But no matter how vulgar No matter how refined He won't be taken by your slender thighs Or your painted eyes You could sing to...

Here kitty, kitty There's too much demon blood In these self appointed angels Acting like you're comatose Speaking like a country rose Or a preacher's pet in drag Banging on a kettledrum Won't make you notice me Though you're bored beyond belief Suck...

In the living-room a man on a sofa is laying Two strangers at the door and one is knocking The man stands and opens the great wooden door The one who knows the host tells the other visitor An old man with top hat and a dark walking stick Gets through the...

Hold my head Hold my faith Hold my eyes to the sky. When my scythe has, has me cut in God’s great, great dust storm. Take my sins Wash them clean Pour a drink on my bones And watch them, watch them burn in God’s great, great dust storm I’ll be your gimp Whip...

As I was walking in the big black woods Hey ho, the big black woods I met the evil devil and he offered me a ride Hey ho, he offered me a ride He said: "you look tired, let me carry you a while" Hey ho on the devil's back There's an evil, little bastard hiding...

In the cold and empty house, I've lingered now for far too long I vainly held the rosary, to pray you'd stay with me a while But nothing seems to keep me here, the way it used to do before This time it's me that's leaving you, I'll never turn around Cause whe...

Lady Grey, you tell a smile What is your secret? What's your lie? You lived a long, hard life Your memory may fade, but you're still wise I wonder where you've been What you've accomplished, what you've seen In such a long, hard life Did you ever dance?...

Velvet and satin and puppets on strings Everyone's dancing with Lady Marlene Fear is the color of all that they wear Mother-of-pearl palace cold like her heart of stone Silently soldiers dance till they fall Icicle chandelier shining so cold They are dr...

I must have dreamed a thousand dreams Been haunted by a million screams But I can hear the marching feet Moving into the street Now, did you read the news today? They say the danger has gone away I can see the fire’s still alight Burning into the night Too m...

Feelin' like a lollipop forgot in Pyongyang Dancin' to the voodoo beat boom bam bam Baby doll, remote control Caravan love is all you know Kickin' at the motherfuckers one by oneYou sell tickets to a funeral 'Cause you need tickets to The Cramps A rock'n'roll...

Gonna dig me a hole in the cold black earth, Sleep and dream of a another rebirth There’s no cure for what I’ve got And the healing of the devil is mighty hot “Cheer up loathsome M” Rely on me to b*tch and moan, I wanna stay in and I wanna be alone Never coul...

In the clockwork, in the clockwork, Time is never at ease A frantic sensation is hammering Nails in your spine Multiple fractions and Muscle contractions will tear Your mind into shreds, cutting your threads Do you regret you were born?Take my hands into yours...

When the night is over When the moonlight's gone When seductive rhythms Of the storm die down When the white wild horses Are laying down to rest When your mind is sober And I'm getting dressed Will you still kiss my neck, my dear, my dear? Will you d...

Get up, sit down Move around like a king without a crown System breakdown With a chum doing long nights on the town No happy ending is near So it's time to face the fear It's time to move, move along And make music on my own Ah-ah-ah-aaah-ah O-on my o...

A messenger arrived through A sunlit' open door Passed the dangers of the world To his troubled queen so bored With a voice full of worry and A frightened fighter's face Another day's morning in life's busy race He looked into her eyes before he spoke Play my...

Everything you want, everything you do Everything and anything is up to you Every single day starts with a riddle You can go left or right down the middle So take a little trip down the road and see What you're gonna find, who you want to be But you might hav...

I am with you In Rockland, it's true That we just had to be friends We share the same pretentious mind We're blind and sing together I am with you In Rockland, it's true In a dark room with moonbeams okay We believe in the holes, not the zeroes Escap...

He can see she's so afraid that she can't move. Says he'll kiss her young blossom lips She replied instead "I'll go call the police!" He hates love more than he hates the law, And laughs at her face, mocks her eyebrows "I am no demon" he says, "and I won'...

The sun is up for me But I know a beauty that shines it out I can hardly see When she is up letting her veil down But it could ever be I’m just a shepherd hiding from the hounds She’s a fantasy With flowers and bows, pretty coats and a silver crown Every day...

Bright the shine in my horn exiled and forlorn, a damp night in Berlin yes Soaked in alcohol I walk up to a doll and say “how you look good” Rejection follows me around like a dagger in my back, I tell you man it hurts I've come here to express myself cause I...

Wake again to tea with cinnamon Some honey on a spoon It is almost noon Walking down the stairs To shed my morning tears Just can't be satisfied Lord knows that I've tried That I've tried, that I've tried And it's so beautiful, it's so beautiful It's...

The wind is a'whipping through the open doors Speaking of the sea and the rolling' waves Maybe there's a ship at the bottom now Or struggling on the surface with a cry for help Wish I could forget and let the years go by Wish I could escape from my dreams of y...

Sneen daler lett og fin og strøk blidt mot ruten min i morges da jeg drømte på min pute. Vi tok skjerf og votter på, hastet veldig med å gå snart var det tusen barnespor der ute. Og vi tenner våre lykter når det mørkner, og når alle lyder pakkes inn...

He was a child I was a child Sentimental and wild Now we're resting Now we're resting For twelve short years We lived out of health And of prosperous wealth Oh my dearest Oh my dearest My only portrait to remind you My wine on your old cloak My voice sustained...

The summer has ended Quietly surrendered Laying its weapons on the ground 'round her feet The chimes—they are calling The leaves—they are falling To cover this land with their innocent lives La la la la, wading in deeper La la la la, up to her knees...