Landlord LAMPREY from Bestiary by KIRK'S DIK DIK
LAMPREY IS BONELESS BLOODSUCKING PARASITIC FISH. LANDLORD IS HUMAN EQUIVALENT. LUMPEN FAMILY LIVES IN PATRLY HOVEL EATING GOVERNMENT CHEESE. LANDLORD SOAKS UP THE RENT
An incomplete version of this song supposedly occurs in the lost "Schreckengoest" recordings of the old San Francisco band, Rube Waddell. Hatchjaw, in his troubling work: "The Lunatic Fringe, Street Bands of the Gay Nineties," mentions "a desultory landlord paen incorporating the use of an electric diddly bow."
(Hatchjaw, Vol 7, Ch34, pp. 456-457).
Deselby also mentions this earlier version in his own equally problematic account, "Shrieking Ghost, And Other Unusual Musical Genres."
Tracklist
| 1. | Landlord LAMPREY | 3:11 |
Lyrics
Landlord Lamprey
Landlord, lamprey
one sucks your blood
the other yo' pay
He's livin high and isn't he
the picture of ease
while me and mine are livin on
the government cheese
We're on the government cheese
We're on the government cheese
We're on the government cheese
We're on the government cheese, yeah!
Landlord, lamprey
one sucks your blood
the other yo' pay
Slave all month to pay your bills
so he can live all cozy
on the top of the hill
He's on the top of the hill
on the top of the hill
on the top of the hill
on the top of the hill, yeah!
Landlord, lamprey
one sucks your blood
the other yo' pay
He's livin high and isn't he
the picture of ease
while me and mine are livin on
the government cheese
We're on the government cheese
We're on the government cheese
We're on the government cheese
We're on the government cheese, yeah!
...
Credits
Kirk Lombard: Vox, Tuba, Celestial Monochord (Two-String Baseball Bat Diddly Bow)
Cary Kirk: Guitar, Drums
