We are starting a cat ranch in Lacon with 100,000 cats

Each cat will average 12 kittens a year

The cat skins will sell for 30 cents each

One hundred men can skin 5,000 cats a day



We figure a daily net profit of over $10,000

Now what shall we feed the cats?

We will start a rat ranch next door with 1,000,000 rats

The rats will breed 12 times faster than the cats



So we will have four rats to feed each day to each cat

Now what shall we feed the rats?

We will feed the rats the carcasses of the cats

After they have been skinned



Now get this, we feed the rats to the cats

And the cats to the rats and get the cat skins for nothing

We feed the rats to the cats and the cats to the rats

And get the cat skins for nothing



We feed the rats to the cats and the cats to the rats

And get the cat skins for nothing

We feed the rats the carcasses of the cats

After they have been skinned



Now get this, we feed the rats to the cats

And the cats to the rats and get the cat skins for nothing

We feed the rats to the cats and the cats to the rats

And get the cat skins for nothing


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    The lyrics to this song come (almost) verbatim from the low-budget exploitation film MANIAC (1934) which was a favorite on the cult movie circuit from the 60s through the 80s.

    You can check it out here...

    imdb.com/title/tt0025465/

    (Note that, at the time of this posting, the Husker Du song in question is mentioned on the discussion board)

    Ironically, a friend of mine saw the film and described the scene involving the cat-skinning pitch to me only a couple of weeks after NEW DAY RISING was released. I immediately responded that there was a song he needed to hear!

    RogerRyanon August 08, 2011   Link

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