Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “Poisoning Pigeons in the Park” — Tom Lehrer (1959)

We’ve gained notorietyAnd caused much anxietyIn the Audubon SocietyWith our gamesThey call it impietyAnd lack of proprietyAnd quite a varietyOf unpleasant namesBut it’s not against any religionTo want to dispose of a pigeon… Tom Lehrer is a national freakin’ treasure and anyone who says otherwise should be split open, vertically, with two rusty chainsaws. OK…

Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “The Masochism Tango” — Tom Lehrer (1959)

Let our love be a flame not an ember Say it’s me that you want to dis-member Blacken my eye, set fire to my tie As we dance to the Masochim Tango… OK it’s been getting a bit too HEAVY with the Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs of late, Total Eclipse of the Heart notwithstanding. So as…