Lyrics The Tiger Lillies

The Tiger Lillies

Arsonist

I need to burn it down, my duty to destruct

When I burn a building down then in God I trust

I need to see the flames of Hell dancing in the sky

Then my purpose is fulfilled happily I’ll die

To bring the flames of Hell to earth is my only desire

To have my fellow man burning in Hell-fire

So I bless my master and I bless my fate

That the power of his Hell-fire I can here create

A granny and her pussycat their cottage I will light

And as they burn in agony their smell will me delight

Every time the flames their beauty does impress

And how I love the screams, the smell of burning flesh

Each time that I do it Satan does me bless

And it sends such shivers through me I get goose flesh

If I burn a kennels, those dogs they bark for help

How desperate are those dogs as they bark and yelp

Or I’ll burn a cattery, those pussycats do scream

For me their smell of burning fur it is just a dream

Burning an old people’s home usually does work

So many are bed-ridden their rooms they can’t desert

Rid them of their misery, rid them of their grief

Those old people smell their burning meat

I always try to pick on the mild and the meek

The defenceless I do pick on because they are so weak

But of all the delights the smells of burning flesh

The smells of burning babies is the smell that I like best

All those little babies in their cots asleep

As my flames do lick them how shrilly they do shriek

Their little charred bodies in Hell their souls will rest

Where my master Satan each of their souls shall bless