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Bakatono bakemono henna ojisan
Gamushara sekuhara henna ojisan
The king is in the winter, in the winter of his prime
Welcome to the kingdom of the Corkscrew King
See him pour a jet of wine across a concubine
See him try in vain to plunge the corkscrew in
See him eat sashimi from a naked womans breast
See him drink wakame sake from her sex
Send in all the dancing girls and send in all the wine
Hes impotent, omnipotent, and only sixty-nine
Send in Dr Mojo who can turn back time
Send in more Viagra to halt the decline
When youre sixty-nine the sky is overcast
The castle flag is flying... half mast
The gate is shut, the canon blocked
The flower they fire at one oclock half-cocked
The tower flops, the blossom drops
The king will play the shamisen
Bakatono bakemono henna ojisan
Gamushara sekuhara henna ojisan
The Yogi Dr Swami with his hand upon his thing
Guru by appointment to the Corkscrew King
Says, "A badger in the hand is worth a badger in the bush
A badger down your pants, youve got to push push push"
An aged man, the poet says, is but a paltry thing
A tattered coat upon a stick, unless he sing
So clap your hands for every wrinkle in your mortal dress
Join the throng and dance along with the Corkscrew King
Send in Dr Mojo who can turn back time
The castle flag is flying and the weathers fine
But when youre sixty-nine the sky is overcast
The castle flag is flying... half mast
The gate is shut, the canon blocked
The flower they fire at one oclock half-cocked
The tower flops, the blossom drops
The king will play the shamisen
[ Corkscrew King Lyrics ]