Henry Horror

from A Hisstory by The Rhythm Section

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henry horror has a most
alternative lifestyle
he stays at home pretending he's
a scaly green reptile
in his room he sits alone
and draws the windowshades
he looks up pics of lizards
and begins to hallucinate

he says, "whoa oh oh, if i were, a snake then that'd be cool
just my snake friends and i hangin by the slithering pool"
poor henry horror imagines snakes in all he sees
but it breaks our heart to tell him that they're all just fantasies
henry horror and his herpetological fantasies

henry horror sleeps at night
in a snakeskin bed
with a knitted anaconda
wrapped around his head
in his dreams he slithers
with his friends the komodos
we wonder why he does it
even the doctors do not know

he says, "whoa oh oh, if i were, a snake then that'd be cool
just my snake friends and i hangin by the slithering pool"
poor henry horror imagines snakes in all he sees
but it breaks our heart to tell him that they're all just fantasies
henry horror and his herpetological fantasies

henry horror leaves his house
for the nearest zoo
it’s the first time he’s been outside
since nineteen sixty two
he hops on the southbound bus
and grabs an empty seat
he formulates a sort of plan
to set his brethren free
he says, "whoa oh oh, if i were, a snake then
that'd be cool
just my snake friends and i hangin by the slithering pool"
poor henry horror imagines snakes in all he sees
but it breaks our heart to tell him that they're all just fantasies
henry horror and his herpetological fantasies

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from A Hisstory, track released July 19, 2011

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