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The Ballad of King Stephen

by Robin Gunns & The Flesh Ripping Weasels

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Spodee Odee Combines the worst of movie villains with a sappy country 2/4 beat and it works like shit. Great lyrics. Makes you want to go home and beat your wife, gently.
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A homage to anti-heroes, abusers and ass beatings, and the brilliant minds that bring them to life. A perfect first date song.

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The Ballad of King Stephen (lyrics ©2016 Dark Projectionist Productions)

I'm a gentleman in most every circumstance
I'll hold the door for you, I'll lead when we dance
Carry you over the threshold . . .

But when I want to get my way
When I prefer to have my say
I’m gonna ask you real pretty and . . .

If my sweet talkin’ ain't enough
And it appears that you wanna play rough
I’m gonna type these words, on the typewriter

[Chorus]
All work and no play makes Jack a dull, dull boy
I'll toss a coin in the air, you call it, what'll it be
The Sergeant’s okay, the Captain’s alright
But this bad Lieutenant is yours tonight
And I'm taking you into movie villain custody

We might not always see eye to eye,
On account of the swellin’
And you may not appreciate the finer points of my debate
On account of I'm yellin’ (it’s like a velvet hammer baby)

But a movie villain cliché
Can drive a point home and make it stay

Like an evil car with a girl's name
A fella in the back seat shovin’ an ice pick right into your brain

Wearin’ a hockey mask and wavin’ a chain saw
Finding your little pony’s bloody head in the bed with ya

A psychopath whisperin’ in your disembodied ear
A crazy nurse smashin’ your ankle with a sledgehammer

Doin’ things in Denver when you’re already dead
Batting practice at a banquet with a goombah’s head

Eatin’ liver with fava beans and a nice Chianti
A chap who’s singin’ in the rain wearin’ a Bowler Derby
While he’s beating the living hell out of a helpless old lady

[Chorus ]
All work and no play makes Jack a dull, dull boy
I'll toss a coin in the air, you call it, what'll it be
The Sergeant’s okay, the Captain’s alright
But this bad Lieutenant is yours tonight
And I'm taking you into movie villain custody


You know honey, I'm your number one fan
Won’t you help me with my master plan
. . . of world domination

Help me carry . . . out my nihilistic dream
Be my blood-spattered soul mate, my dark horse prom queen
By spontaneous immolation

I’m gonna make you an offer that you can't refuse
GO HOME AND GET YOUR FUCKING SHINE BOX!, and shine my shoes . . .
‘Cause I’m taking you out to dinner

Gonna wear my finest jacket made of big girl’s skin
Check out the view from the wood chipper I’m stuffin’ you in

And when you fold the laundry and you give me mismatched socks
I'll find your head in the desert in a FedEx box

[Chorus]
All work and no play makes Jack a dull, dull boy
I'll toss a coin in the air, you call it, what'll it be
The Sergeant’s okay, the Captain’s alright
But this bad Lieutenant is yours tonight
I’m gonna make you go down in movie villain history

Baby . . . I'm your huckleberry
I'm not gonna hurt you, Wendy

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released May 13, 2016
Robin Gunns - Vocals, guitars, harmonica, drums, electronics, mixmaster
©2016 DarkProjectionist.com Productions. All rights reserved.

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From the 78 RPM record era, to Chicago blues, rockabilly, folk, British invasion, and Top 40 radio that brought together the best pop sounds from Motown to Nashville to Haight Ashbury - Robin Gunns blends these influences into compositions that are musically rich, lyrically irreverent, and true ear worms.

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