I saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand
Walking through the streets of SoHo in the rain
He was looking for the place called Lee Ho Fook's
Gonna get a big dish of beef chow mein

Aaoooooo
Werewolves of London
Aaoooooo

Aaoooooo
Werewolves of London
Aaoooooo

You hear him howling around your kitchen door
You better not let him in
Little old lady got mutilated late last night
Werewolves of London again

Aaoooooo
Werewolves of London
Aaoooooo

Aaoooooo
Werewolves of London
Aaoooooo

He's the hairy-handed gent who ran amok in Kent
Lately he's been overheard in Mayfair
You better stay away from him
He'll rip your lungs out, Jim
I'd like to meet his tailor

Aaoooooo
Werewolves of London
Aaoooooo

Aaoooooo
Werewolves of London
Aaoooooo

Well, I saw Lon Chaney walking with the Queen
Doing the Werewolves of London
I saw Lon Chaney, Jr. walking with the Queen
Doing the Werewolves of London
I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic's
And his hair was perfect

Aaoooooo
Werewolves of London
Draw blood

Aaoooooo
Werewolves of London


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Werewolves of London Lyrics as written by Leroy P. Marinell Warren Zevon

Lyrics © MUSIC & MEDIA INT'L, INC., Universal Music Publishing Group, Sentric Music

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    Some of you guys need to get out more--or maybe stay in and watch a few old werewolf movies. You know, the ones with the genteel British guy, perfectly dressed and groomed who, in spite of Claude Raines' warning, turns into a howling monster, mutilating and devouring by the light of the full moon.

    As to the guy who thought this was ripped off from Sweet Home Alabama, can I use the word 'idiot' on this board? If you were serious, here's the sequence.

    1. Lynard Skynard has hit with Sweet Home Alabama
    2. Warren Zevon has a hit with this completely unrelated song
    3. Kid Rock, possibly the biggest doofus in the history of music, records a song about listening to the Skynard song and inexplicably uses the music from the Warren Zevon song.

    Got it? Good, because I don't want to have to come after you. ;)

    marcshoeon October 20, 2010   Link

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