Both as a standalone and as part of the DSOTS album, you can take this lyric as read. As a matter of public record, Jourgensen's drug intake was legendary even in the 1980s. By the late 90s, in his own words, he was grappling with massive addiction issues and had lost almost everything: friends, spouse, money and had nearly died more than once. "Dark Side of the Spoon" is a both funny & sad title for an album made by a musical genius who was losing the plot; and this song is a message to his fans & friends saying he knows it. It's painful to listen to so I'm glad the "Keith Richards of industrial metals" wised up and cleaned up. Well done sir.
See I really couldn't sing
I could never really sing
Sing!
Note.
Throat.
Thing.
What I couldn't do was
I have trouble with a
It goes all around my
It's a terrifying
See, I really couldn't hear
Which not was lower or was
If someone says, "Let's start a
Higher
Choir.
Hey, when I begin to
It's a cross between a
And a quiver or a
It's a little like a
Or the record player
What its doesn't have is
Shriek.
Squeak.
Moan.
Croak.
Broke.
Tone.
Oh I know you're thinking
What a crazy
But I really couldn't
I could never really
What I couldn't do was
Dingaling.
Sing.
Sing.
Sing!
Three blind mice.
Three blind mice.
It isn't intentional
She's doing her best,
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle bells, jingle bells
It really blows my mind
She gets depressed
But what I lack in pitch I sure
Make up in
Power.
And all my friends say I am
Perfect for the
Shower.
Still,
I'm terrific at a
Guys are comin' in their
I'm a birdie on the
But when I begin to
They say, "who's the little
Goin' 'pong' instead of
Dance.
Pants.
Wing.
Chirp.
Twerp
Ping.
And when Christmas comes ans
All my friends go
Caroling
It is so dishearten
It is so disquiet
It is so discourag
Darling, please stop answer
-Ning.
-Ting.
-Ging.
-Ring!
Sing.
Sing.
See, I really couldn't
I could never really
What I couldn't do was
Do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti, do
Do, ti, la, sol, fa, mi, re, do
La
La
La
La
Sing, sing
Sing a sing a sing sing
Sing, sing
Sing, Sing
Never sing a note.
Please never,
Never sing a note,
Don't ever
Sing.
Sing!
I could never really sing
Sing!
Note.
Throat.
Thing.
What I couldn't do was
I have trouble with a
It goes all around my
It's a terrifying
See, I really couldn't hear
Which not was lower or was
If someone says, "Let's start a
Higher
Choir.
Hey, when I begin to
It's a cross between a
And a quiver or a
It's a little like a
Or the record player
What its doesn't have is
Shriek.
Squeak.
Moan.
Croak.
Broke.
Tone.
Oh I know you're thinking
What a crazy
But I really couldn't
I could never really
What I couldn't do was
Dingaling.
Sing.
Sing.
Sing!
Three blind mice.
Three blind mice.
It isn't intentional
She's doing her best,
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle bells, jingle bells
It really blows my mind
She gets depressed
But what I lack in pitch I sure
Make up in
Power.
And all my friends say I am
Perfect for the
Shower.
Still,
I'm terrific at a
Guys are comin' in their
I'm a birdie on the
But when I begin to
They say, "who's the little
Goin' 'pong' instead of
Dance.
Pants.
Wing.
Chirp.
Twerp
Ping.
And when Christmas comes ans
All my friends go
Caroling
It is so dishearten
It is so disquiet
It is so discourag
Darling, please stop answer
-Ning.
-Ting.
-Ging.
-Ring!
Sing.
Sing.
See, I really couldn't
I could never really
What I couldn't do was
Do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti, do
Do, ti, la, sol, fa, mi, re, do
La
La
La
La
Sing, sing
Sing a sing a sing sing
Sing, sing
Sing, Sing
Never sing a note.
Please never,
Never sing a note,
Don't ever
Sing.
Sing!
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Sing! Lyrics as written by Edward Kleban Marvin Hamlisch
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