Lyric discussion by RogerRyan 

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!

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