Mudd Club (Live At The Palladium - 10/31/81 - Show 1)

Here we are, at the Mudd Club, y'all
I hope you enjoy yourself
'Cause the show is about to begin

Hey, they're really dancin'
They're on auto-destruct
On the floor, on the pipe
Bouncin' off-a the wall
Hey, the people here are really tearin' it up
On the side, in the back
By the front of the stage

They ain't really crazy
You can take it from me
I should know 'cause I go
Every time I'm in town

If you never tried it
Let me straighten you out
It's the best kinda place to unfasten yerself

(Mudd Club)
All the way downtown
(Mudd Club)
They ain't messin' around
(Mudd Club)
Just turn to the left 'n look around
Because it's there somewhere

If you ain't found it, better hurry up
The folks down there's on auto-destruct
And so can you be too
The fact of the matter, it's made for you

Try it on a Saturday about four o'clock in the mornin'
Or even on a Monday at midnight
When there's just a few of them
Fabulous poodles
Doin' the Peppermint Twist for real
In a black sack dress with nine inch heels
And then a guy with a blue mohawk comes in
In serious leather

And all of the rest of whom for which
To whensonever of partially indeterminate bio-chemical degradation
Seek the path to the sudsy yellow nozzle
Of their foaming nocturnal parametric digital whole-wheat inter-faith
Geo-thermal terpsichorean ejectamenta

In serious leather
Serious chains, serious clothing
From when they come downtown
From the ruins of Studio '54
To twist 'n frugg in an arrogant gesture
To the best of what the 20th Century has to offer

Al Malkin is down there right now
Looking for a virgin with nice breath
Why, maybe it's you?
And you don't even know it

Hey, they're really dancin'
They're on auto-destruct
On the floor, on the pipe
Bouncin' off-a the wall

Hey, the people here are really tearin' it up
On the side, in the back
By the front of the stage

They ain't really crazy
You can take it from me
I should know 'cause I go
Every time I'm in town

If you never tried it
Let me straighten you out
It's the best kinda place to unfasten yerself