That Handsome Devil

Band: That Handsome Devil

Album: That Handsome Devil

Song: 04 - Elephant Bones

LYRICS:

Lord, send down some angels

And they'd better have guns

'Cause everybody's crazy down here

On everybody's drugs

Casinos, pornos, talk shows

Where white trash goes to die

Bums push carts, crackhead squirrels

And birds too drunk to fly

Keep dancin' it's the end of the world

She said "Oh baby, it's the end of the world"

Come on baby, it's the end of the world

She said "Smile, it's the end of the world"

Keep dancin' it's the end of the world

She said "Oh baby, it's the end of the world"

Come on baby, it's the end of the world

She said "Smile, it's the end of the world"

And they sent down some astronauts

To study our bones

Through the miles of garbage

Beneath all the junk that we own

Carbon dating beer cans

Condoms and Twinkie wrappers

We were something beautiful, baby

What the hell happened?

Keep dancin' it's the end of the world

She said "Oh baby, do the end of the world"

Come on baby, it's the end of the world

She said "Smile, do the end of the world"

Keep dancin' it's the end of the world

She said "Oh baby, it's the end of the world"

Come on baby, it's the end of the world

She said "Smile, it's the end of the world"

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Don't need no headstone to be dead in a hole

I said they're gonna dig you up like some elephant bones

If you were worth it, they'd skin you, too

For some new tennis shoes

Or a couch that fits the motif of the living room

And doesn't clash with your business suits

I want to be in a museum

Stuffed and in a realistic position like I'm huntin'

Callin' someone or buyin' something

Way too busy to look up and see what was comin'

Keep dancin' it's the end of the world

She said "Oh baby, do the end of the world"

Come on baby, it's the end of the world

She said "Smile, do the end of the world"

Keep dancin' it's the end of the world

She said "Oh baby, it's the end of the world"

Come on baby, it's the end of the world

She said "Smile, it's the end of the world"

I want my bones kept next to somebody of cultural significance

Like Fonzie or William Shatner, ha ha ha

Yeah, somebody famous like Gilbert Gottfried or the dog from Frasier

That caveman they found, he was a punk - I knew him in high school

(You know, it's an exciting thing to watch the way a new song becomes a hit song - the way it catches on and grows in ever-increasing popularity. And I'll tell you something, that's just the way I feel about another big popular hit I've got right here.)