Freakin’ at the Freakers Ball (1972)    (video)

 

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    Well, there’s gonna be a Freakers ball tonight at the Freakers Hall,

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    and you know you are invited, one and all.

 

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1. Come on, babies, grease your lips,   

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    grab your hats, and swing your hips,

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    don't forget to bring your whips, we're goin' to the Freakers Ball.

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    Blow your whistle, bang your gong, roll up somethin' to take along,

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    if feels so good, it must be wrong, we’re freakin' at the Freakers Ball.

 

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    Well, all the Fags and Dykes, they're boogyin' together,

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    Leather Freaks are dressed in all kinds of leather.

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    The greatest of the Sadists and the Masochists, too,

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    screamin' "Please, hit me" and "I'll hit you".

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    The F.B.I. dancin' with the Junkies,

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    all the Straights swingin' with the Funkies

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    across the floor and up the wall we’re freakin' at the Freakers Ball.

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    Y’all, we’re freakin at the Freakers Ball !

 

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2. Everybody is kissing' each other, brother with sister, son with mother,

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    smear my body up with butter, and take me to the Freakers Ball.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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    So pass that roach, please, and pour the wine,

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    I'll kiss yours if you'll kiss mine,

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    I'm gonna boogie till I go blind, freakin' at the Freakers Ball.

 

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    White ones, black ones, yellow and red ones,

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    Necropheliacs lookin' for dead ones.

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    The greatest of the Sadists and the Masochists, too,

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    screaming' "Please, hit me !" and "I'll hit you".

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    Everybody ballin' in batches,      Pyromaniacs strikin' matches.

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    I'm gonna itch me where it scratches, freakin' at the Freakers  Ball,

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    y'all freakin' at the Freakers Ball.

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    Freakin' at the Freakers Ball.

 

 

    (Dr. Hook & The Medicine)