Rattlesnake - HillTopTrio

Let's go hang out in a mall, or a morgue A smorgasbord Let's go hang out in a church We'll go find lurch Then we'll haul ass down through the abbey Is it money? Is it fame? What's in a name, shame? Is it money, is it fame Or were they always this lame? It's a crazy, crazy mixed up town It's the rattlesnake I fear In another place, in another time I'd be drivin' trucks my dear Dear, dear Let's go hang out in a bar, it's not too far We'll take my car We'll lay flowers at the grave of Jesco White The sinner's saint The rack is full and so are we Of laughing gas and ennui It's a crazy, crazy mixed up town It's the rattlesnake I fear In another place, in another time I'd be drivin' trucks my dear I'd be skinnin' hunted deer Deer, deer It's a crazy, crazy mixed up town It's the rattlesnake I fear In another place, in another time I'd be drivin' trucks my dear I'd be skinnin' hunted deer Deer, deer, deer

Ha ha ha, I kid you not I think I just heard my Luger saying "Shoot me, shoot me" "Fire me through his wrinkely face" Well, it's not that I don't want to But first I wanna hear you yelling "Kill me, kill me, kill me" ha ha ha Well, well, well what have we here? A shitload full of no fucking money Oh my darling, that's not nearly good enough Yeah, doggy style was never my thing I get my spin with other men and Honey, honey, honey guess what? I never did care for waiting I better like compensating And mama just taught me one thing Sewing stitches like a madame Living is overwhelming Dying might just be your thing Cause papa just taught me one thing "Take things into your own hands" Hey now, don't be blurry You know I hate those eyes I am sorry 'Cause I love you Like a rattlesnake Like a belly ache Like this gun to your face And people do crazy things for love Click, goodbye and there he goes Man, this whole idea is turning Very messy Looks just like the fetish chamber But this madame has got an empire And old Marcel goodbye farewell I hope you go to hell Click, bang! Sew, sew, sew and sew all night With all these goddamn wrinkles I can Stretch him just like a skin coloured rubberband Gotta say it makes it easy I think I start to like him better Rubber, rubber, my Rubberman I never did care for waiting I better like compensating And mama just taught me one thing Sewing stitches like a madame Killing is overwhelming And dying was always your thing Cause papa just taught me one thing "Take things into your own hands" Hey now, don't be blurry You know I hate those eyes I am sorry Cause I love you Like a rattlesnake Like a belly ache Like this gun to your face And people do crazy things for love Rubberman do my bidding Yeah, Rubberman's always willing and Rubberman's head is spinning when Rattlesnake pulls her string and My marionetto kind of guy He won't ever ask me why, no So let the games begin I never did care for waiting I better like compensating And mama just taught me one thing Sewing stitches like a madame Living is overwhelming And dying might just be your thing Cause papa just taught me one thing "Take things into your own hands" Oh, killing is overwhelming And dying was always your thing Cause papa just taught me one thing, yeah "Take things into your own hands"

Follow the power lines back from the road No one around so I take off my clothes Am I the only one in the only world? Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh Woah oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh I see the snake holes dotted in the sand As if the Seurat painted the Rio Grande Am I the only the one in the only world? Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh Oh oh, oh oh, woah oh, oh oh Woah oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh Woah oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh Sweatin', sweatin' No one is behind me Sweatin' sweatin' No one will ever find me The only sound out here is my own breath And my feet stuttering to make a path Am I the only one in the only world? Is that the wind finally picking up? Is that a rattle sounding from the brush? I'm not the only one in the only world Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh Woah oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh Woah oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh Runnin', runnin' Runnin' rattle behind me Runnin', runnin' No one will ever find me Runnin', runnin' Runnin' rattle behind me Runnin', runnin' No one will ever find me Sweatin', sweatin' Sweatin' rattle behind me Runnin', runnin' No one will ever find me Sweatin', sweatin' Sweatin' rattle behind me Runnin', runnin' No one will ever find me

Lovin' you forever, both of us together Goin' home, goin' to see my baby Goin' home, goin' to see my baby Can't wait, don't mean maybe Goin' home, goin' to see my baby When I'm gone, I miss you When I'm gone, I feel blue When I'm with you I can do When I'm with you I feel new Baby when your not here with me All your pretty things I can't see Goin' home, goin' to see my baby Goin' home, goin' to see my baby Can't wait, don't mean maybe Goin' home, goin' to see my baby Rattlesnake I miss you When I'm gone, I feel blue When I'm with you I can do When I'm with you I feel new Baby when your not here with me All your pretty things I can't see Both of us together Lovin' you forever Goin' home, goin' to see my baby Goin' home, goin' to see my baby Can't wait, don't mean maybe Goin' home, goin' to see my baby Goin' home, goin' to see my baby Goin' home, goin' to see my baby Can't wait, don't mean maybe Goin' home, goin' to see my baby When I'm gone, I miss you When I'm gone, I feel blue When I'm with you I can do When I'm with you I feel new Baby when your not here with me

It may look easy When you look at me But it took years of effort To become the mess that you see Now what kind of woman Take you for a ride Down the rattlesnake highway An' leave you busted up inside All busted up inside Smiles like a cobra With her rattlesnake eyes 'N leave you for dead on the highway Just mumblin' at the sky She did me wrong She did me wrong She did me wrong Tell me... she did me Smiles like a cobra With her rattlesnake eyes 'N leave you for dead on the highway Just mumblin' at the sky Now she did me wrong She did me so wrong She did me wrong You know she did me so wrong Get me outta here

Songbird versus Rattlesnake What is it? Eurydice was a hungry young girl Your ticket And Hades gave her a choice to make A ticket to the Underworld