[Intro: The Little Girl and the Cloud of Flies]
[Verse I]
Once upon a time, in a lonely little world
In a lonely little cemetery was a Little Girl
In a dark and starry world, in a dark and starry time
There was a Little Girl, and her friend, the Cloud of Flies
[Verse II]
Once upon a time, in a lonely little world
In a lonely little cemetery was a Little Girl
In a dark and starry world, right beside the Cloud of Flies
The Girl tapped a grave, and the Corpse returned to life!
[Part I: The Corpse]
[Verse]
Fire from the sky, it struck thе grave
Enough to make you say
"Hello
Again!"
Out crawlеd the Corpse, a burning skeleton
Red hot!
"You've got a wedding
To attend!"
[Pre-Chorus]
Brother of the groom, died far too soon
Three weeks before the honeymoon!
Now back and burning, and with a burning
Under the cherry moon!
He's got to be!
(Oo)
Dead on his feet!
(Oo)
Alive enough to get up and go see!
(Ah Ah!)
[Chorus]
Buried with his favorite bass
(Lowered with him, in his grave)
Only thing that's to his name
(Now, like him, engulfed in flames)
[Bridge]
Oo. Oo! Ah. Ah?
Oo! Oo! Ah, Ah
[Chorus]
"I will see the wedding through!"
("I will see the wedding through!")
"If it's the last thing I do."
("If it's the last thing I do.")
Left the graveyard, waved goodbye
(In a dark and starry world, in a dark and starry time,)
To a Little Girl and a Cloud of Flies
(there was a Little Girl, and there was a Cloud of Flies.)
[Part II: Rigzby Gunn]
[Verse]
Wedding was held in a city of rebar
Bazaars of guitars, cars and crowbars
One week had passed, he hadn't gone far
Then somebody said, "Pass that keytar!"
Half her face, a giant flower
Body was a wooden tower
She played the keys quite like no-one
She said her name was
Rigzby Gunn!
[Chorus]
"Can you take me
To 363, Dunbalum Street, Grey City?"
Now Rigzby thought he was a good one:
She said "Yeah, sure kid!"
"I know a shortcut!"
[Post-Chorus]
Then
They were both lost
In the Grey City
"Well there are certainly worse places to be."
Then from behind
"Stick up your hands, now!
Cause buddies, this is a robbery!"
(Yeah, Oh, Woah!)
[Part III: The Cloud]
[Verse]
The mugger was a muggy kid
Who couldn't hold a gun
In her cloudy fist
But she blocked the way
Judging by her stance
And general tremble
It was visibly her first foray!
He slapped away the gun
And handed her an axe
And said "Play this instead, kid!
By the way, what's your name?" Said The Corpse
As The Cloud played a little something like this:
[Guitar, Synth, but mostly Synth Solo]
[Part IV: Manager Nose]
The trio found it after another week:
363, Dunbalum Street, Grey City
Did he lose the race against time?
The Corpse could die
(again.)
They opened up the doors to an empty church
With the Manager running around, and he said:
"Are you the replacement band?
Reception's in an hour!"
"I can play--" said The Corpse, "I can play the bass
But I'm not sure about the crowd."
"Got nothing much to do tonight, (or with my life,)
So my guitar is in." Said The Cloud
Rigzby Gunn just shrugged and pulled out her keytar:
"I gotta see what happens next!"
Then the Manager, who called himself "The Nose,"
Rolled out a kit, and a couple sticks!
[Part V: Oo Oo Ah Ah]
[Outro]
Oo Oo Ah Ah, and they had no time to waste
Oo Oo Ah Ah, and so they started to play
Oo Oo Ah Ah, I don't know what else to say
Oo Oo Ah Ah, and then they started to play, and then they started to play
Oo Oo Ah Ah, I don't know what else to say
Oo Oo Ah Ah, the band continued to play, the band continued to play
Oo Oo Ah Ah, I don't know what else to say
Oo Oo Ah Ah, at the reception they played, at the reception they played
Oo Oo Ah Ah, I don't know what else to say
Oo Oo Ah Ah, and then they took it away, and then they took it away
Oo Oo Ah Ah, I don't know what else to say
Oo Oo Ah Ah, and then they took it away, and then they took it away...
