The R’lyeh Rhythm Kings -5. Shoggoth Boogie

Shoggoth Boogie [Intro — pounding boogie piano] [Male] Professor brought a little something Back from way down south— [Female] Honey, that ain’t little. [Male] …Good point. [Band hits] [Verse 1 — Male] They dug down deep where the cold winds blow, Found something sleeping in the ice below, Put it in a box, brought it back to town— Then somebody screamed when the sun went down! [Female] Was it tall? [Male] Sometimes! [Female] Was it small? [Male] Sometimes! [Female] Did it have a face? [Male] Honey, it had mine! [Chorus — Both] Do the Shoggoth Boogie, Slide across the floor! Do the Shoggoth Boogie, Then slide beneath the door! No bones in your body, No rhythm in your feet, Just roll yourself together To that protoplasmic beat! [Band] HEY! [Female] Boogie! [Male] Shoggoth! [Both] BOOGIE ALL NIGHT LONG! [Piano solo] [Verse 2 — Female] Well, it ate the saxophone at half past ten, Spit out the mouthpiece and it played it again, Swallowed our waiter and his whiskey tray— [Male] Did it eat the drummer? [Drummer] NOT TODAY! [Female] It grew six eyes— [Male] Then twenty-three! [Female] Now every last one Is looking at me! [Both] So clear that floor, Better give it room, There’s a whole lotta Shoggoth In a little ballroom! [Chorus — Both] Do the Shoggoth Boogie, Wobble left and right! Do the Shoggoth Boogie, Change your shape tonight! Throw away your backbone, Leave your bones behind, You don’t need anatomy If you’ve already lost your mind! [Backing vocals] Boogie! Boogie! Tekeli-li! Boogie! Boogie! Tekeli-li! [Instrumental — piano and brass battle] [Breakdown] [Female] Everybody freeze! [Music stops] [Male] Where’d it go? [Female] I don’t know. [Male] You hear something? [Wet slithering sound] [Female] …behind the piano. [Piano explodes back in] [Both] RUN! [Final Chorus — frantic] Do the Shoggoth Boogie, Faster than before! Do the Shoggoth Boogie, It’s coming through the floor! It’s climbing up the curtains! It’s swinging from the light! It learned to play the trumpet And the damn thing’s pretty tight! [Trumpet shriek] [Male] One more time! [Both + Band] SHOGGOTH BOOGIE! [Backing vocals] Tekeli-li! SHOGGOTH BOOGIE! Tekeli-li! SHOGGOTH BOOGIE! Tekeli-li! [Female] Somebody get the professor! [Male] IT ATE THE PROFESSOR! [Huge final band hit] [Pause] [Shoggoth, distant] Tekeli-li… [Piano plays one last note]