The Masochism Tango 1958 Tom Lehrer

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 10 Nov 2002

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.
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,
[Spoken:] Ecch!!!
[Sung:] 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's 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 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.
[Spoken:] Excuse 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.

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The Masochism Tango 1958 Tom Lehrer
by Tom Lehrer
copyright 1958 and 1968 by Tom Lehrer
sequence and karaoke by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Sunday 10 November 2002 at 11.44
in association with Doug Grierson
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