Corkscrew King - Momus
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 woman's breast
See him drink wakame sake from her sex
Send in all the dancing
Girls and send in all the wine
He's impotent omnipotent and only sixty nine
Send in Dr Mojo who can turn back time
Send in more Viagra to halt the decline
When you're 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 o'clock 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
You've 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 weather's fine
But when you're 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 o'clock half cocked
The tower flops the blossom drops
The king will play the shamisen