Comic Books Turned Me Evil

[Intro]
Teachers warned me…
Preachers warned me…
Too late… [Verse 1]
I’m a juvenile delinquent
Comic books turned me evil
Crime and horror on every page
Made a nice kid mean and illegal
I’m degenerate and depraved
That’s what the papers say
I used to be a sweetheart
Till the spinner rack got in my way [Pre-Chorus]
Ten cents for ruin
Twelve cents for sin
I bought every issue
And I let the bad guys in [Chorus]
Comic books turned me evil
Crime and horror made me this
A corrupt and filthy menace
That’s the girl I am, I guess
Don’t blame my mama
Don’t blame the street
Blame those dirty comics
They made a menace out of me [Verse 2]
Vaults and crypts and bloody axes
Gangsters grinning in cheap black ink
I read ’em under covers
Till my soul began to stink
Now I sneak out after midnight
Switchblade in my shoe
I’m a menace to society
And I learned it from issue two [Pre-Chorus]
Ten cents for ruin
Twelve cents for sin
I bought every issue
And I let the bad guys in [Chorus]
Comic books turned me evil
Crime and horror made me this
A corrupt and filthy menace
That’s the girl I am, I guess
Don’t blame my mama
Don’t blame the street
Blame those dirty comics
They made a menace out of me [Bridge]
Senate said they’d save us
Churches said they’d pray
They stamped a little seal on
But the damage was already made
I’m degenerate, depraved
Corrupt from cover to spine
I’m a juvenile delinquent
And those comics made me mine [Guitar Solo]
(mean twangy garage — reverb snarls, a switchblade-slide bend, then a stomping riff back in) [Final Chorus]
Comic books turned me evil
Crime and horror made me this
A corrupt and filthy menace
That’s the girl I am, I guess
Don’t waste your lectures on me
I already know the score
I’m a menace to society
And I’m coming back for more [Outro]
Comic books turned me evil…
Degenerate and depraved…
A filthy menace…
That’s me…