The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
Come on sonny, don't be scared
Gotta act like a Boy Scout, be prepared
I ain't breaking any laws
Just dressing up like Santa Claus
Whiskers tickling open sores
It's a kindergarten smorgasboard
They're catnip to every tom in town
And Pogo is their favorite clown
They call me butcher... I call them cow
Cousins kissing canvas now
(So) Make like Pogo- get on down
Make like Pogo - get on down
Fratricide - Patricide - Matricide - Incesticide
Fratricide - Patricide - Matricide - Incesticide
No Daddy no! No Daddy no no no!!!!!
It's past your bedtime, getting late
Don't want you turning into gatorbait
All I want for Christmas is a chicken delight
And a tasty little morsel to hold on tight
I like to swing and I like to slide
And I carry a can of incesticide
Y'know my son you're just my type
Gotta pick that fruit before it's ripe
No Daddy no! No Daddy no no no!!!!!
Staring down the barrel of a loaded gun
Here it comes - somnambulumdrum
.........it's ten o'clock.........
Do you know where your kids are?
Sixteen boys on Pogo's chest
Here's your jammies... get undressed
In like a lion out like a lamb
Big fist... small hole... sugar ham
Look like a Jill and smell like a John
Shooting a wad from my loaded gun
I'm in a Bellevue state of mind
To err is human but it feels divine
Make like Pogo get on down
Make like Pogo get on down
Fratricide - Patricide - Matricide - My Suicide
Fratricide - Patricide - Matricide - Incesticide
Fratricide - Patricide - Matricide - Incesticide
Fratricide - Patricide - Matricide - Incesticide
Incesticide.........Incesticide
Staring down the barrel of a loaded gun
Here it comes - somnambulumdrum
Staring down the barrel of a loaded gun
Here it comes - somnambulumdrum
Here it comes - here it comes
Here it comes - somnambulumdrum
Here I come - here I come
Here it comes - somnambulumdrum
You're...............(shante)
Gotta act like a Boy Scout, be prepared
I ain't breaking any laws
Just dressing up like Santa Claus
Whiskers tickling open sores
It's a kindergarten smorgasboard
They're catnip to every tom in town
And Pogo is their favorite clown
They call me butcher... I call them cow
Cousins kissing canvas now
(So) Make like Pogo- get on down
Make like Pogo - get on down
Fratricide - Patricide - Matricide - Incesticide
Fratricide - Patricide - Matricide - Incesticide
No Daddy no! No Daddy no no no!!!!!
It's past your bedtime, getting late
Don't want you turning into gatorbait
All I want for Christmas is a chicken delight
And a tasty little morsel to hold on tight
I like to swing and I like to slide
And I carry a can of incesticide
Y'know my son you're just my type
Gotta pick that fruit before it's ripe
No Daddy no! No Daddy no no no!!!!!
Staring down the barrel of a loaded gun
Here it comes - somnambulumdrum
.........it's ten o'clock.........
Do you know where your kids are?
Sixteen boys on Pogo's chest
Here's your jammies... get undressed
In like a lion out like a lamb
Big fist... small hole... sugar ham
Look like a Jill and smell like a John
Shooting a wad from my loaded gun
I'm in a Bellevue state of mind
To err is human but it feels divine
Make like Pogo get on down
Make like Pogo get on down
Fratricide - Patricide - Matricide - My Suicide
Fratricide - Patricide - Matricide - Incesticide
Fratricide - Patricide - Matricide - Incesticide
Fratricide - Patricide - Matricide - Incesticide
Incesticide.........Incesticide
Staring down the barrel of a loaded gun
Here it comes - somnambulumdrum
Staring down the barrel of a loaded gun
Here it comes - somnambulumdrum
Here it comes - here it comes
Here it comes - somnambulumdrum
Here I come - here I come
Here it comes - somnambulumdrum
You're...............(shante)
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Incesticide Lyrics as written by Jim G. Thirlwell Jim Thirlwell
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