The man he stepped up to the microphone and he gave it a kiss.
It was a big wet, slippery kiss.
And he had sweat dripping off of his nose onto the windscreen.
As he looked out over the audience he said,
God bless you, God bless you one and all.
Then he took a can of Ronson lighter fluid
And he squirted it over the top of his head.
And proceeded to light himself on fire
As he stood there glowing and said,
Remember this day.


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Arnie Lyrics as written by Les Claypool Bryan Kei Mantia

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    I just read this and it seemed worth adding. A microphone was actually involved in the monk burning himself.

    "In English and Vietnamese, a monk repeatedly declared into a microphone, "A Buddhist priest burns himself to death. A Buddhist priest becomes a martyr." "

    Chard121on December 13, 2011   Link

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