Tom Lehrer

[tangofiction]

Speaking of sadism, I was inspired by all the evil parodies to look up one of the most amusing parodies of sadism itself: the fabulous "Masochism Tango" (no relation ) by the even more fabulous Tom Lehrer.



The full effect of the song can only be achieved with the music, so you can listen to the midi file here.



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The Masochism Tango



Another familiar type of love song is the passionate or fiery variety, usually in tango tempo, in which the singer exhorts his partner to haunt him and taunt him and, if at all possible, to consume him with a kiss of fire. This particular illustration of this genre is called The Masochism Tango.



I ache for the touch of your lips, dear,

But much more for the touch of your whips, dear.

You can raise welts

Like nobody else,

As we dance to the Masochism Tango.

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Let our love be a flame, not an ember,

Say it's me that you want to dismember.

Blacken my eye,

Set fire to my tie,

As we dance to the Masochism Tango.



At your command

Before you here I stand,

My heart is in my hand...

Yeech!

It's here that I must be.



My heart entreats,

Just hear those savage beats,

And go put on your cleats

And come and trample me.



Your heart is hard as stone or mahogany,

That's why I'm in such exquisite agony.

My soul is on fire,

It's aflame with desire,

Which is why I perspire when we tango.



You caught my nose

In your left castanet, love,

I can feel the pain yet, love,

Ev'ry time I hear drums.



And I envy the rose

That you held in your teeth, love,

With the thorns underneath, love,

Sticking into your gums.



Your eyes cast a spell that bewitches.

The last time I needed twenty stitches

To sew up the gash

That you made with your lash,

As we danced to the Masochism Tango.



Bash in my brain,

And make me scream with pain,

Then kick me once again,

And say we'll never part.



I know too well

I'm underneath your spell,

So, darling, if you smell

Something burning, it's my heart... [hiccup]

'Scuse me!



Take your cigarette from its holder,

And burn your initials in my shoulder.

Fracture my spine,

And swear that you're mine,

As we dance to the Masochism Tango.

Tom Lehrer stuff can be found

here.

Comments

[Долли Обломская]

I love him))). Poisoning pidgeons in the park etc. etc.)) But Lobachevski song is really mean. And unfair!!! (But still my favourite)).

[tangofiction]

I don't suppose you know where I could get mp3's of any of his stuff? I only have the midis. I've never actually heard them performed. (Except for the "Elements" song, at school. )



Tango

[Долли Обломская]

I know that Lobachevski song (and Werner von Braun?) can be somewhere there - I still remember listening to it via internet, but it was so long ago..((