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by David Rood
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The Thing In The Bass
Story
There's a story called "Dance, Dance, Dance" in one of my sci-fi humour anthologies that got me on this track.
Lyrics
We got together for a little fun
Sit in a circle and share a song
Some got an axe and some just sing
But this was the night that we met The Thing
The music started and went around
The usual stuff was going down
Between two songs a dude was fooling
Around on the bass and he brought out The Thing
(Chorus)
The bass, it has a thing you've got to feel
Oh the bass, it has a thing that gets you in the ribs
It has a thing you've got to feel
Oh the bass, it has a thing
You'll know it when you hear
It was just a riff; it was no big deal
Except for the way it made us feel
Then the gal at the keys slipped off her ring
And her left hand started playing the Thing
We started playing in the treble clef
But that only served to set it off
Then someone started playing one of their songs
And the Thing in the bass went right along
(chorus)
Well we played through our whole repetoire
And the Thing walked strong through every bar
The ladies swooned and men's eyes gleamed
We were swaying around in the grip of the Thing
It got harder to think so we did less of it
The dog started moaning 'cause she just loved it
One girl just could not stop giggling
She was tickled inside by the thrum of the Thing
(chorus)
Everyone responded in their own way
Our instruments all told us their names
I got hungry and you got creative
The passion won't stop until the Thing is sated
Every time we thought it had peaked it grew
We thought the whole world should share it too
You may be at work or you may be sleeping
But you're gonna join the dance when you feel the Thing
(chorus)
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