What else are you doing? You smoked your cigarette
Come on, there’s nothing on the TV
The Slaughthouse is open, every Friday night
There’s a party, you can go with me
And from the blood on the floor, the gristle on the saw
The piles of glasses teeth and car keys
The scratches on the door, tell us those that came before
Went down, down, down to the Slaughterhouse
To The Slaughterhouse, to The Slaughterhouse
Let’s go down to The Slaughterhouse
And have some fun
There’s tinsel on the handles, and flowers on the grate
Boys will follow girls wherever they go
And the blades will make the rhythm, the screams will make the tune
When the first cut comes, that’s the start of the show
There is petrol in the air, and the smell of burning hair
When the angel’s dress goes up she does a striptease
And at night the only lights on anywhere in the town
Are down, down, down at The Slaughterhouse
At The Slaughterhouse, at The Slaughterhouse
let’s go down to The Slaughterhouse
And have ourselves a time
Your bedroom smells like newspaper, your linen smell like smoke
And the cities are all empty but for people
You can hear the road from anywhere, the tiny clacking sound
Machinery to keep a corpse alive
See how much you’ve grown, have you ever seen your bones?
Don’t worry every part of you is used
And when all that’s left is shoes, someone else will sing the blues
Down, down, down at The Slaughterhouse
At The Slaughterhouse, at The Slaughterhouse
Let’s go down to The Slaughterhouse
Let’s get killed
credits
from Bedrooms And Basements,
released February 19, 2010
Written By: Andrew Clarke
Produced By: Wayne Walker-Allen
Performed By: Andrew Clarke, Wayne Walker-Allen
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