'67: Come Back as a Cockroach

by The Magnetic Fields

From the album: 50 Song Memoir

Track 2 of 50 on 50 Song Memoir (2017).

Duration: 2:34

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Lyrics for '67: Come Back as a Cockroach

Be nice, or come back as a cockroach Think twice, before being cruel Those who are unlawful Will be something awful When the wheel of life revolves Flesh dissolves Behave... or demons will devour you They crave... the meat of bad boys They find most delicious The fresh flesh of vicious Tots who would deny the Lamb What a scam! How could... one come back as a cockroach? Why would a spirit eat meat? I was a dyspeptic Epileptic skeptic Other kids ask "why?" at two I still do I want... to come back as a cockroach Or haunt some drafty mansion I'm the kind of chillin' Wants to be the villain Always separate from the pack Dressed in black I'm still... a dreadful goody-goody Won't kill an innocent flea From the time I began I was mostly vegan Let that little cockroach be Don't kill me

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