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Chop, Chop, Chop Lyrics
Some people call me the Creeper
'Cuz they don't know my name or face
I got 'em running in circles
Because a homicidal genius never leaves a trace
I'm a lonely hunter
City full of game
Walkin' in the neon lights
Chop, chop, chop, engine of destruction
Chop, chop, chop, a perfect killing machine
Chop, chop, chop, it's a symbiotic function
Chop, chop, chop, I keep the city so clean
Chop, chop, chop
Some people call me the Ripper
Stole my modus operandi from the movie screen
she's just a celluloid stripper
Just another bloody player in my splatter-filled dream
Women on the streets
Want money when we meet
I take them for a little ride
Chop, chop, chop, engine of destruction
Chop, chop, chop, a perfect killing machine
Chop, chop, chop, it's symbiotic function
Chop, chop, chop, I keep the city so clean
Chop, chop, chop
She was standing on the corner
With her bright red lips
Her face was so white and pale (so pale)
She had a black leather skirt
That was tight to her hips
And an anklet with a name
It spelled M A R Y..... Gail
Gail Gail Gail Gail
Gail Gail Gail Gail
Does nobody else care that this is the catchiest song about a serial killer ever? One of my favourite Alice songs, I often get it on the brain & start singing "Chop, chop, chop, engine of destruction" in highly inappropriate places. He really is a homicidal genius, look at all the long words - "modus operandi" (that's Latin!), "symbiotic function". I had to look that one up - it's when two organisms have a beneficial mutual dependence. I think he's saying that these women need him as much as he needs them, which is kinda sick when you think about it. On the album it's part of a prolonged psychotic episode & the songs segue into one another, all about murdering women. At the end of the song he makes it clear that in his mind he's killing the same woman over & over - Gail, who is already dead. Did he kill her? Probably. A great song by itself, but even better when listened to with the others as intended.
I agree with Morbid. Great song from my favorite Alice Cooper album. I think it's about a murderer who kills prostitutes, hence the line "I keep the city so clean", and the fact that the victim in this song was wearing a tight, black leather skirt.
It's also obvious he's completly insane... my friend and I were listening to this in my car once, and when it started on the "It spelled M A R Y... Gail" part, neither of us thought it was weird. His first victim was probably a girlfriend or something called Gail who he had an obsession with, a bit like that Steven King short story about that guy who kills women with a hammer, I think.
Such a great song anyway, love the words.
@jlb1987 I've always thought the "M-A-R-Y -- Gail" thing was weird too, but considering your comment, I'm going with the hypothesis that he's so obsessed with wanting to kill Gail (whether he already has or not) that he's projecting Gail onto Mary, despite the direct evidence (the anklet) that she's not Gail.
@jlb1987 I've always thought the "M-A-R-Y -- Gail" thing was weird too, but considering your comment, I'm going with the hypothesis that he's so obsessed with wanting to kill Gail (whether he already has or not) that he's projecting Gail onto Mary, despite the direct evidence (the anklet) that she's not Gail.
By "neither" of us, in the last post I meant "both".