The Way The Cookie Crumbles
from Palaces and Slums EP by emperor penguin
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“Seed of the little
Seed of the wyld
Seed of the berning is
Hart of the chyld
. . .
Out goes the candl
Out goes the lite
Out goes my story
And so Good Nite”
― Russell Hoban, Riddley Walker
“That's the way it crumbles, cookie-wise”. Fran Kubelik, The Apartment (1960)
Seed of the wyld
Seed of the berning is
Hart of the chyld
. . .
Out goes the candl
Out goes the lite
Out goes my story
And so Good Nite”
― Russell Hoban, Riddley Walker
“That's the way it crumbles, cookie-wise”. Fran Kubelik, The Apartment (1960)
lyrics
Mr Punch went out and went drinking
When he was drunk that night, he was thinking,
When I get back home
I want to be alone
I want to sleep for a hundred years.
It’s time to snooze now, my little darling
If I could choose, you’d sing like a starling
When your mother comes
I will strike her dumb
the father of your fears
For all your faults and frailties, you know we love you still.
But that’s the way the cookie crumbles
Another day, another tumble
I’ll see you in the surgery
You’d better barricade the nursery
You know she’s my beast and I’m her beauty
And every night we fight
Like Punch and Judy
We teach the kids of this revolution
The law forbids a slapstick solution
A quarrel has begun
And it’s all in fun
Until someone loses an eye
It’s not supposed to be sentimental
Here’s the ghost, the coffin, the devil
Now here comes Jack Ketch
To give your neck a stretch
But you never really die
You don’t bear any malice when your head is made of wood.
That’s the way the cookie crumbles
Another drunk, another stumble
I’ll see you back in Casualty
When the crocodile gets back to me
You know he’s the beast who does his duty
And every night we’re Sweep and Sooty.
When he was drunk that night, he was thinking,
When I get back home
I want to be alone
I want to sleep for a hundred years.
It’s time to snooze now, my little darling
If I could choose, you’d sing like a starling
When your mother comes
I will strike her dumb
the father of your fears
For all your faults and frailties, you know we love you still.
But that’s the way the cookie crumbles
Another day, another tumble
I’ll see you in the surgery
You’d better barricade the nursery
You know she’s my beast and I’m her beauty
And every night we fight
Like Punch and Judy
We teach the kids of this revolution
The law forbids a slapstick solution
A quarrel has begun
And it’s all in fun
Until someone loses an eye
It’s not supposed to be sentimental
Here’s the ghost, the coffin, the devil
Now here comes Jack Ketch
To give your neck a stretch
But you never really die
You don’t bear any malice when your head is made of wood.
That’s the way the cookie crumbles
Another drunk, another stumble
I’ll see you back in Casualty
When the crocodile gets back to me
You know he’s the beast who does his duty
And every night we’re Sweep and Sooty.
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from Palaces and Slums EP,
released August 19, 2020
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Savage Frenzy Productions is proud to present those peerless purveyors of powerful pop: EMPEROR PENGUIN.
Nigel: guitar,
bass, vocals
JT: guitar, bass, vocals, harmonica, ebow
Rich: drums
Neil: guitar, vocals, keyboards, computer stuff
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