P I G S W I L L
Destroy all girls, wow

T O O, ow
Ugh, ow
Ugh, uh, ow, ow, ow, ow

Nomadic honeymooners pick up hitchhiker
Shackin' up, shakin' down
Stagin' ramshackle run on every caravan front
Shackin' up, shakin' down
Carnal carnage up and down the coast
Finger in dyke and hand on post
Make a boy all hot and bothered
Thighs like water runnin' sore
Quivering crotch head and key to the door

Him say D E S T R O Y
Destroy all girls
Pigswill fly with blood tonight
Pigswill fly with blood tonight
There'll be a hot time in the old town tonight
There'll be a hot time in the old town tonight, wow

Left him John Hancock in her blood on that
Sweaty pink sheet
That bloodstain's burnin', burnin', burnin'
Burnin', burnin' hole in him meat
Smearin' pigswill with her pants on the white plaster wall
With menstrual blood
Pigswill stagger across the hall
Checkin' outta motel carnage, and havin' a ball
On a storm black blooded night pigswill murder on him mind

Him cry out D E S T R O Y
Destroy all girls
Destroy, destroy, destroy, destroy
Destroy, destroy, destroy, ooh

Shark fins slashin' at the mission rails
Salty liquid diet and rusty nails
Shark bite and a snake teeth
Crawlin' with maggots, grimy gold leaf
The bladder and bowels of poverty
For a roving cataract to see
Five years without an anchor
Suitcase full of contraband
Making a virtue out of sin
Siphoning the sea of the damned
Thou shalt not stick it out
If you ain't gonna share it

Pigswill murder on him mind
Man of marble, flesh and clay
Pigswill climb up black boot hill
Lord of all that he surveys
Sweet sticky smell of blood, still fresh on him, hand and chest
Bloody skirts a-flappin' on the flagpole tonight, oh

D E S T R O Y
Destroy, destroy, destroy, destroy
Destroy all girls

Pigswill fly with blood tonight
Meat in shower with kitchen knife
Pigswill weatherin' the flood
Pigswill fly the flag of blood

There'll be a hot time in the old town tonight
Skirts-a-flappin' on the flagpole tonight
There'll be a hot time in the old town tonight
There'll be a hot time in the old town tonight
Destroy, destroy


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    I dedicate this song to all the anti-sex prude feminazis in the world. Next stop: the Fudge Punch - hah!
    imrazoron August 23, 2010   Link

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