Obscene Procession

(Partridge)

Jules Verne's Sketchbook cover

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Recordings

1. Demo version 1.
   Released in November 1987 on the Jules Verne's Sketchbook cassette.

   Andy: “We still might do this one properly one day. Meant to sound like a Broadway tickertape parade, Mickey Rooney out in front. The lyrics were to be sung by an old animal to a young one. This was an early SKYLARKING number.”

2. Demo version 2.
   Released on 2 December 2002 on Fuzzy Warbles Volume Two in the U.K. Also released on the reissue of Skylarking on 14 October 2016 in the U.K.

   Andy: “Brought up for Skylarking (no, I can't hear it fitting either!). I would have liked to have done this in a real Broadway, tickertape parade style. Lots of baton twirling majorettes, huge inflatables, no, big animals, not the majorettes' breasts. With the whole mess led by Mickey Rooney. Or, Norman Wisdom for our British listeners. Advice from an older animal to a younger one. Beware of humans, especially when they're hungry.”

[Thanks to R. Stevie Moore]

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Lyrics

Jules Verne's Sketchbook version:

Can't you see 'em, in obscene procession?
Clad in fox fur or khaki, they're violent and insane
Pink and wobbling with all their possessions
They live on junk food and TV and booze
And bottles of pain relief pills and oh...

Don't you love them?
They make life hell here
And think there's heaven above 'em.

Can't you hear 'em in obscene procession?
It's called talking, it's how they betray their closest friends.
Cough and wheezing, they dribble pretension,
Slimy tongues tell the truth which they love to bash and bend.

Can't you smell 'em in obscene procession?
Stink of bacon, defoliant, fear and small cigars
Whiffs of semen, adulterous confessions,
Mixed with money and those little air fresheners
Hung in their cars and wardrobes and oh...

Don't you hate.
So full of hot air
They need their warfare
To deflate 'em.

Animals beware
Knives and forks that glare
Never trust those caring humans
Being the worst
Especially when they're hungry.

Animals beware
Knives and forks so bare
Never trust those staring humans
Being the worst
Especially when they're hungry
They make each other hungry
There's no need to be hungry
Not today.

Can't you see 'em, in obscene procession?
Fat and pompous, they crush their only children to the floor
Aren't you glad that I told you about them?
Aren't you glad you never evolved up any more?

Fuzzy Warbles Volume Two version:

Can't you see 'em, in obscene procession?
Clad in fox fur or khaki, they're violent and insane.
Pink and wobbling with all their possessions.
Full of junk food and TV and booze
and bottles of pain relief pills and oh...

Don't you love them?
They make life hell here
and pray there's heaven above 'em.

Can't you smell 'em in obscene procession?
Stink of bacon, defoliant, fear and small cigars.
Whiffs of semen and adulterous confession
mixed with money and those little air fresheners
hung in their cars and wardrobes and oh...

Don't you hate.
So full of hot air.
They need some warfare
to deflate 'em.

Animals beware
knives and forks that glare
Never trust those caring humans.
Being the worst
especially when they're hungry.
They make each other hungry.
There's no need to be hungry.
Not today.

Can't you hear 'em in obscene procession?
It's called talking.
It's how they betray their friends and more.
Aren't you glad that you found out about them?
Aren't you glad that you never evolved up any more?

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