Fugue for Resurrectionists

Mark A. Mandel © 2006
Thanks to Ben-san Arizona for pushing it in the right direction
Ttto Fugue For Tinhorns, Frank Loesser, from Guys and Dolls

[Igor:]
  I've got the corpse right here.
  He's ready, master dear,
  And there's a spy who says that the coast is clear.
    He's dead. He's dead.
  He went and he lost his head.
  If I say the corpse is dead,
    He's dead. He's dead.

[Doctor:]
  I've worked with all my art,
  There's no one half as smart.
  And all he's waiting for is a big jump-start.
    He'll live. He'll live.
  When I throw the switch he'll live,
  This gift that is mine to give:
    He'll live. He'll live.
[throws switch]

[Monster:]
  I'm feeling so complete,
  This body's really neat,
  Although I think you made me with two left feet.
      That's life! That's life.
  And now that I've got a life,
  I'm thinking I want a wife.
      That's life. That's life.

[Igor:]
  I didn't do it, boss!
  Oh, master, don't be cross!
  And as to how it happened, I'm at a loss.
[to audience:]
      Two feet! Two feet!
  He told me to get two feet.
  That's all that he said, complete:
      "Two feet"! "Two feet"!

[Doctor:]
  The problem that you state,
  To furnish you a mate,
  Requires a female I can reanimate.
      Needs dame! Needs dame!
  There's nothing quite like a dame,
  A stiff with a wavy frame.
     Needs dame! Needs dame!

[Monster:]
  Can't wait to meet the lass
  And when it comes to pass
  I'm wishing for a gal with a lot of class.
    Has class! Has class!
  I hope that the dame has class
  And sparkle and wit and sass,
    Has class! Has class!

[Igor:]
  I've found the perfect doll,
  The finest of them all.
  Her one mistake was being a gangster's moll.
    She's dead. She's dead.
  He went and he lost his head
  For something he thought she said.
    She's dead. She's dead.

[Doctor:]
  I will be justified
  In some parental pride
  To see you face-to-face with your charming bride.
    She'll live, she'll live.
  When I throw the switch she'll live.

[Monster:]
  She looks so sweet and fair,
  A face beyond compare,
  And with a lovely shock of electric hair.

[I:]    Get a corpse!
[D:]        Throw the switch!
[M:]            Get a wife!
[All:]  I've got the corpse right here!


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