Hazing clouds rain on my head Empty thoughts fill my ears Find my shade by the moon light Why my thought aren’t so clear Demons dreaming, breathe in, breathe in I’m coming back again… I remember the first time I saw Wes Craven’s The Serpent and the Rainbow. It was in theaters in 1988, right…
The Queen of Light took her bow And then she turned to go The Prince of Peace embraced the gloom And walked the night alone Oh, dance in the dark of night Sing to the morning light… Oh. Hey. Zeppelin. Digging deep Hokeydude. Led Zeppelin IV turns 50 next year and so do I, and…
Someone’s flesh is rotting tonight Like no other to you What you’ve done you cannot undo While you sleep in earthly delight Still, your soul will suffer this plight Like your father in Hell What you’ve sold you cannot unsell… Picking a Ghost tune for our Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs is basically like throwing a rock…
I see my red head, messed bed, tear shed, queen bee My squeeze The stage it smells, tells, hell’s bells, misspells Knocks me on my knees It didn’t hurt, flirt, blood squirt, stuffed shirt Hang me on a tree After I count down, three rounds, in Hell I’ll be in good company… I have to…
Pretty Polly, Pretty Polly come go alone with me Polly, Pretty Polly, go alone with me Before we get married, some pleasures to see… Hold on to your butts, people: we got ourselves yet another old-timey Appalachian murder ballad! Old-timey Appalachian murder ballads are of course a longstanding tradition in this country, dating back centuries…
Tiny insects in my hair Tiny insects everywhere Tiny insects in my pants Watching insects make romance Insects make me— make me want to dance, dance, dance They make want to dance, dance, dance Those insects make me want to dance… I mean, come on. Halloween. Oingo Boingo. You don’t even have to dig all…
I’m not even going to quote any lyrics this time around because (1) you already know them anyhow, and (B) I have betrayed my loyal readers. Please put the torches and pitchforks down and LET ME EXPLAIN, … peers around nervously… OK so the whole point of having our Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs is to provide…
Step on the glass, staple your tongue Bury a friend, try to wake up Cannibal class, killing the son Bury a friend, I wanna end me… Well look at me, featuring a song from this century! You can credit Boots for this one, since she suggested Billie Eilish‘s Bury A Friend as a worthy addition…
I don’t even think this song remotely needs any kind of write-up. I mean honestly: They Might Be Giants, Halloween, and a tune about the crushing realization that, at this very moment, you’re Older than you’ve ever been. Compound that with the notion that, right now, you’re younger than you’ll ever be again. If that’s…
She is the latest in technology Almost mythology But she has a heart of stone She has an IQ of 1001 She has a jumpsuit on And she’s also a telephone… OK let’s get those dance shoes on, we got some early 80s synth-pop to geek over. Yours Truly, 2095 hails from the 1981 album Time…