D G D G
I guess I should have known to stay away
A D G
From a snuff film by Jean Genet
D G D G
But the cash was good and the
A C
Director gave me the biggest scene
Em A E
What does it mean when Pentecostal born-again virgins
A A# A
Appear picketing in angry protest?
D A
Oh, those sloppy tarts
D A
Have sulphurized hearts
D G D G
Sure, a dead man quietly pulling on his tongue
A D G
In a coffin after being hung
D G D G
Does make strange erotic cinema
C G A#
But that was the great master’s vision
A G
And the actors agree to portray
Dm A
The fiend is best in a death fantasy
Because when one is licking the knife
A A7
Ah, well, that is truly the life
DGDG ADG DGDG
C Em
Oh, what does it mean
A E A# A
When the stagehand approaches
Wheeling in a guillotine?
Let’s play nice
D A
Yes, I want to be a star
D A
But that’s going too far
Yes, I’m still smarting from the bite
Of coital sessions in gelatinal light
I’m questioning my chosen career
A A# A D
Don’t think I’ll be attending the premier
D A D
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