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| A story from "Songs and Stories". May very well have inspired the "Scum of the Earth" episode of WKRP in Cincinnati. (Stavro Arrgolus) |
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OK, in every town, there is a rock and roll group, of, uh, questionable, questionable habits and dubious ability, or questionable ability, well anyway they got questionable tendencies, I don't know. I'll tell you about one.
There was a group called The Scum Of The Earth
And they say they got their birth
In an L.A. joint that once was called The Daisy
You know, the bass man, he smoked grass
And the drummer, he kicked ass
And the lead guitar ate speed
While the people went crazy
And The Scum Of The Earth, they just kept boogyin' on
Higher and higher till all of the fire was-a burned out and gone
You know that drummer's name was Mavis
He was a twice convicted rapist
They say he learned to play in the prison band in Pelham
Yeah, he'd cut out your heart for a dime
And he kept lousy time
But the rest of the band was too damn scared to tell 'em
Yeah, and the steel man's name was Spiker
He dressed like a black jacket biker
But under his leathers he wore black lace silken panties
Ooh, they say he sung his sweet love numbers
Directly to the eyes of the drummer
While he kept his eyes on the bass and guitar man's fannies
Ooh and the rhythm man, they called Static
He was a health food fanatic
Oh, he lived on berries and nuts
And had scurvy and rickets
He did yoga exercisin' and kept on tryin' and tryin'
Until finally he could bend all the way over and lick it
And the road man's name was Lester
He was a well-known child molester
His minister told him he'd never go to heaven
He wore a bright red toupée
And had lots of groupées
But they ranged in age from fourteen to eleven
And the manager was Scuzzy Sleazle
He had the ethics of a weasel
He screwed the record labels and laughed at the masses
He hired out the group to play at a dollar and a half a day
And if he couldn't peddle their music, he'd sell you their asses
Ooh and the light man was Nasty Norman
He was a CIA informant
Every group he ever worked for, they got busted
He got the drummer deported
Before the album was recorded
And he spit on the bass man's spike until it rusted
And one day The Scum Of The Earth
They was playin' for all they was worth (not much)
Guitars screamin' and the wails and the cymbals crashes
Faster and higher and higher
Oh, till the 'lectric cords caught fire
And the whole damn band caught fire
Burnin' in the 'lectric wire
Till The Scum Of The Earth was burned to a pile of ashes
And The Scum Of The Earth they just kept boogyin' on (Stavro Arrgolus) |
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