They're Coming To Take Me Away!

Napolean XIV

Remember when you ran away
And I got on my knees
And begged not to leave
Or else I'd go BEZERK?

WELL

You left me anyhow
And then the days got worse and worse
And now you see I've gone completely out of my mind!

AND

They're coming take me away HA HA!
They're coming take me away HO HO HE HE HA HA!
TO THE FUNNY FARM, WHERE LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL
ALL THE TIME AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO SEE
THOSE NICE YOUNG MEN IN THEIR CLEAN WHITE COATS
AND THEY'RE COMING TO TAKE ME AWAY HA HA!

You thought it was a joke
And so you laugher, you laughed
When I had said that losing you
Would make me flip my lid.

RIGHT?

You know you laughed, I heard you laugh
You laughed you laughed and laughed
And then you left but now you know
I'm utterly mad.

AND

They're coming take me away HA HA!
They're coming take me away HO HO HE HE HA HA!
TO THE HAPPY HOME! WITH TREES AND FLOWERS
AND CHIRPING BIRDS AND BASKET WEAVERS
WHO SIT AND SMILE AND TWIDDLE THEIR THUMBS
AND TOES AND THEY'RE COMING TO TAKE ME AWAY HA HA!

I cooked your food, I cleaned your house
And this is how you pay me back for all
My kind, unselfish loving deeds?

HUH?

Well you just wait, they'll find you yet
And when they do they'll put you in
The ASPCA you mangy mutt!

AND

They're coming take me away HA HA!
They're coming take me away HO HO HE HE HA HA!
TO THE FUNNY FARM, WHERE LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL
ALL THE TIME AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO SEE
THOSE NICE YOUNG MEN IN THEIR CLEAN WHITE COATS
AND THEY'RE COMING TO TAKE ME AWAY HA HA!

TO THE HAPPY HOME! WITH TREES AND FLOWERS
AND CHIRPING BIRDS AND BASKET WEAVERS
WHO SIT AND SMILE AND TWIDDLE THEIR THUMBS
AND TOES AND THEY'RE COMING TO TAKE ME AWAY HA HA!


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    This song scarred the poop out of me back in 1968 and still does! Great stuff!

    satisfaction2000on March 30, 2002   Link

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