The Black Rider

Come on along with the Black Rider
We’ll have a gay old time
Lay down in the web of the black spider
I’ll drink your blood like wine
So come on in
it ain’t no sin
take off your skin
and dance around in your bones
So come along with the Black Rider
We’ll have a gay old time

(Step right up…
Hey, hold on there, little sailor!
Have your tickets ready!
Under 12 are for free
You just come on along)

Anchors away with the Black Rider
I’ll drink your blood like wine
I’ll drop you off in Harlem with the Black Rider
Out where the bullets shine
And when you’re done
you cock your gun
the blood will run
like ribbons in your hair
So come along with the Black Rider
We’ll have a gay old time

(Line forms to the left
Have your tickets ready
See the dog face boy
Hello, sailor!)

Come on along with the Black Rider
I’ve got just the thing for thee
Come on along with the Black Rider
I want your company
I’ll have the veal
a lovely meal
that’s how I feel
May I use your skull for a bowl
Come on along with the Black Rider
We’ll have a gay old time

(Step right up, have your tickets ready (Ha ha ha ha)
Step right up, have your tickets ready (Ha ha)
Thank you, thank you
Thank you, thank you
You’re too kind)

Official release: “The Black Rider”, Island Records Inc., © 1993 & “Beautiful Maladies”, Island Records Inc., © 1998