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A Bloodless Shade of Pale
Well ... imitation is said to be the sincerest form of flattery: the following verse comes from a Stephen King newsgroup, Sam Cameron reports. As Tom Lehrer would remind us, 'it don't even got to rhyne ... sorry, rhyme'.
Subject: Re: Danse Macabre:
King Predicts Future!
From: stevie canuck <millsaul@rogerswave.ca>
Date: 1997/03/27
Message-ID: <333AA85C.1558@rogerswave.ca>
Newsgroups: alt.books.stephen-king
lnewolf@iglou.com wrote:
>On Tue, 25 Mar 1997 16:20:16 -0800, clueless in cyberspace <no@where.near> wrote:> >Danse Macabre ? Is that like the Macarena? Or is it more of a polka?
> It is a non-fiction book written by Stephen King.
Well I offer these lyrics for a rather well known tune as the soundtrack opener.
A Bloodless Shade of Pale
It skipped
the Danse Macabre
Turned some bodies on the
floor
I was feeling kinda
queasy
As the blood poured out
the door
My head was pounding
harder
As my mind just flew away
When I called out for
someone to help
The demon brought a tray
And so it was, that
later
As the demon showed its
blade
That my face at first
just bloodless
Turned a whiter shade of
pale
It said there is no
reason
And your fate is plain to
see
Take a wander through
your memories
And get down on your knee
So I knelt among the
bodies
Blood there was from
coast to coast
It pinned my eyes wide
open
And I could not force
them closed
And so it was that
later
As the demon flicked its
blade
and skipped the Danse
Macabre
I drained a whiter shade
of pale
Stevie C
(with apologies to Gary Brooker, Keith Reid and the rest of Procul [sic] Harum, and JS Back [sic] too I suppose)
© [sic] Stevie C, 1997
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