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sbisson at 06:10pm on 29/08/2003
sbisson at 06:10pm on 29/08/2003While putting together my last entry on the Devils Dictionary 2.0, my random MP3 playlist was playing Steve Hackett's Hammer Horror hammed-up cover of Thomas Dolby's often forgotten early track The Devil is an Englishman.
The Devil is an Englishman.
A poet walks amongst the Gods
But jealous men have pulled me down
Now exiled in a foreign land
I coax my demons into life
While people cross themselves and say
The Devil is an Englishman
Beelzebub in human form
I mingle with the noblemen
Young girls fall pleading at my feet
As I defile them one by one
Devouring half of London Town
The Devil is an Englishman
A nest of tiny scorpions
Are breeding in my cranium
Poet Laureate of hell
The Devil is an Englishman
In yet a hundred years from now
As leeches suck upon the flesh
For those who trek beyond the grave
This dark demented soul lives on
The Devil is an Englishman
© Thomas Dolby
Dark and funny at the same time... Excellent stuff.
The Devil is an Englishman.
A poet walks amongst the Gods
But jealous men have pulled me down
Now exiled in a foreign land
I coax my demons into life
While people cross themselves and say
The Devil is an Englishman
Beelzebub in human form
I mingle with the noblemen
Young girls fall pleading at my feet
As I defile them one by one
Devouring half of London Town
The Devil is an Englishman
A nest of tiny scorpions
Are breeding in my cranium
Poet Laureate of hell
The Devil is an Englishman
In yet a hundred years from now
As leeches suck upon the flesh
For those who trek beyond the grave
This dark demented soul lives on
The Devil is an Englishman
© Thomas Dolby
Dark and funny at the same time... Excellent stuff.
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Beautifulness!
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