"Roach, Rattle & Roll (Live)" genre: General Comedy
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	Live performance A reminder to all-mighty human-kind that the "lowly" cockroach ain't so dumb after all.
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	Story Behind the Song Governors Island, New York City. Home and workplace to thousands of Coast Guard personnel and their families. Home, also, to MILLIONS of cockroaches. Twice a year the entire island is sprayed and bombed in an effort to wipe out the infestation. Twice a year the roaches thumb their collective feelers at the puny humans. "Roach, Rattle, & Roll" was written in one afternoon. It was then performed and recorded live the following week at the 7th Annual Enlisted Men's Wives Club Talent Show where it was awarded "Most Original Act." Lyrics Roach, Rattle & Roll -------------------- Written and Performed by JD "redkirk" McLeod March 1983 Well, Man's been around a million years or so I've been told he can roll from any punch that's thrown He's a master, they say, of ad-dapt-tay-she-un Well, he's conquered the poles, he's conquered the seas I expect to hear soon that he's conquered disease But there's a creature I've found that defies extermination Well, Man is big and clumsey and slow But this little fellow is smart, doncha know His survivial instincts are FAR above reproach Europe's got him, the Soviets do, China, the islands and Americas, too I'm speaking to you of none other than the cockroach! Well, Roach, Rattle and Roll! Look at those roaches go! Look at'em scurry, look at'em hurry on by! We can swat, we can kick, we can scream and yell We can give'em our worst, we can give'em --well The roaches will be here no matter how hard we try Well, we spray and we bomb, and we swat, and we curse But, we always seem to find the problem to gets worse Well, roaches aren't dumb 'cause roaches know where to hide In cupboards, and pantries, and under the sink In thousands of places, I can't even think Of a single roach that practices Roach-a-cide "Survivial in numbers!," that's the cry I've heard And that there's the lesson the cockroach has learned Time and again we find that this is true We do what we can, we do more than that But, the roach just keeps on coming back Well, we'd better learn to like him 'Cause there's nothing more we can do. Well, Roach, Rattle and Roll! Look at those roaches go! Look at'em scurry, look at'em hurry on by! We can swat, we can kick, we can scream and yell We can give'em our worst, we can give'em --well The roaches will be here no matter how hard we try Well, Ladies and Germs, I'm talkin' to you Let me tell you something I never knew Roaches have a Language that's really out-of-sight! They've taken' our phrases, a few of our verbs A sentence or two and mixed-up the words To sound the way the roaches would have liked Conversation between two roaches-- Roach #1: Say, I heard you went to the Roach-vies last week What did you roach? Roach #2: Well, I went to a Marilyn MonRoach Festival Roach #1: Sounds pretty Roachy. What'd they Roach? Roach #2: "Some like it Roach," and "Roaches are a Girl's Best Friend." Roach #1: Say, did you see last Roaches Late-Late-Roach Roach #2: No, what were they Roachin'? Roach #1: "Easy Roacher" with Peter Roach. Roach #2: Sounds pretty Roachy. Hey, let's go to my place for Roach. Roach #1: Oh, Yeh? What are ya cookin'? Roach #2: Roach-A-Roni! Well, Man's been around a very, very short time Compared to the Roach, but HE don't mind The roaches survive and thrive --whatever the cost Some day Man will scratch that itch He'll blow himself up at the flick of a switch Then the roaches will rule after Man's great Holocaust Well, Roach, Rattle and Roll! Look at those roaches go! Look at'em scurry, look at'em hurry on by! We can swat, we can kick, we can scream and yell We can give'em our worst, we can give'em --well The roaches will be here no matter how hard we try

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