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Yr Polish Uncle

from APPROXIMATE HELLHOUND by REID PALEY TRIO

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YR POLISH UNCLE (Reid Paley)

Just try for once shut your mouth
You’ll piss yourself a story
About the spastic monkey
And the whore
All the things I hear and say
They just don’t go away
And I won’t be coming back here
Anymore

And I swear on the back
Of my forty-third abortion
I see yr devil
Peering round the door
But I won’t be scared or sad
About all the things I’ve had
And I won’t be coming back here
Anymore

I don’t know why but
One thing for sure
It’s comin’ down
One thing for certain
One thing for sure
I’ll be around
I’ll be around

And I swear on the back
Of my mother’s shattered eyeball
He beat me with his stump
All bent and sore
They will beat you black and blue
They’ll beat you til they’re through
And I won’t be coming back here
Anymore

[Reprise of Suavely Insightful Bridge]

I am not the one you think I am
I’m not Your Polish Uncle
I’m underneath your table
On the floor
But I won’t be scared or sad
About all the things I’ve had
And I won’t be coming back here
Anymore



Lyrics Appear by Permission
The Monkey’s Paw (BMI)
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from APPROXIMATE HELLHOUND, released October 30, 2007

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