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Health-food faggot with a bartered bride
Likes to comb his hair with a dipper ride
Once had a friend with a cloven foot
Once he called the tune in a chequered suit
Great Deceiver!
In the door on the floor in a paper bag
There's a shoe-shine boy with a gin-shop slag
She raised him up and she called him son
And she canonised the ground that he walked upon
Great Deceiver!
Cigarettes, ice cream
Figurines of the Virgin Mary
Cigarettes, ice cream
Figurines of the Virgin Mary
Cigarettes, ice cream
Cadillacs, blue jeans
In the night he's a star in the Milky Way
He's a man of the world by the light of day
A golden smile and a proposition
And the breath of God smells of sweet sedition
Great Deceiver!
Sing hymns, make love, get high, fall dead
He'll bring his perfume to your bed
He'll charm your life 'til the cold wind blows
Then he'll sell your dreams to a picture show
Cigarettes, ice cream
Figurines of the Virgin Mary
Cigarettes, ice cream
Figurines of the Virgin Mary
Cadillacs, blue jeans
Dixieland playing on the ferry
Cigarettes, ice cream
Figurines of the Virgin Mary
Cadillacs, blue jeans
Dixieland playing on the ferry
Cigarettes, ice cream
Figurines of the Virgin Mary
Cadillacs, blue jeans
Dixieland playing on the ferry
Cigarettes, ice cream
Figurines of the Virgin Mary
Camel hair, Brylcreem
Drop a glass full of antique sherry
Likes to comb his hair with a dipper ride
Once had a friend with a cloven foot
Once he called the tune in a chequered suit
Great Deceiver!
In the door on the floor in a paper bag
There's a shoe-shine boy with a gin-shop slag
She raised him up and she called him son
And she canonised the ground that he walked upon
Great Deceiver!
Cigarettes, ice cream
Figurines of the Virgin Mary
Cigarettes, ice cream
Figurines of the Virgin Mary
Cigarettes, ice cream
Cadillacs, blue jeans
In the night he's a star in the Milky Way
He's a man of the world by the light of day
A golden smile and a proposition
And the breath of God smells of sweet sedition
Great Deceiver!
Sing hymns, make love, get high, fall dead
He'll bring his perfume to your bed
He'll charm your life 'til the cold wind blows
Then he'll sell your dreams to a picture show
Cigarettes, ice cream
Figurines of the Virgin Mary
Cigarettes, ice cream
Figurines of the Virgin Mary
Cadillacs, blue jeans
Dixieland playing on the ferry
Cigarettes, ice cream
Figurines of the Virgin Mary
Cadillacs, blue jeans
Dixieland playing on the ferry
Cigarettes, ice cream
Figurines of the Virgin Mary
Cadillacs, blue jeans
Dixieland playing on the ferry
Cigarettes, ice cream
Figurines of the Virgin Mary
Camel hair, Brylcreem
Drop a glass full of antique sherry
Lyrics submitted by ruben, edited by TheSchizoidMan, GordianPiusIII, oldvillain
The Great Deceiver Lyrics as written by James Richard William Palmer David Francis Cross
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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the politically correct society of today would be outraged at the health food faggot line...how sad in this name they strangle artistic freedom
@johnnyobreadislea You do not understand the context as it is English/Welsh. Faggots are meatballs made of pig organs<br /> <br /> By doing a little bit of analysis the cryptic lyrics start to make sense. Remember the tune was inspired by a gift shop at The Vatican.<br /> <br /> Health food faggot = a lie; faggots are pork meatballs in England and Wales. The last thing they are is healthy food.<br /> <br /> With a bartered bride = reference to the famous Smenta opera where there is misdirection and a character who is able to manipulate the betrothed groom in an arranged marriage so that he loses interest in the contract. True Love wins out via a clever deception<br /> <br /> Likes to comb his hair with a dipper ride = another lie as it is Impossible to comb one’s hair on a roller coaster<br /> <br /> Once had a friend with a cloven foot = no explanation needed, this is the Devil himself.<br /> <br /> and so on<br /> <br /> The song is not a slam on religion but on the devilry behind the sale of religious fetishes. Jesus at the temple part 2<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />
@johnnyobreadislea \r\n\r\nCould it be not about combing your hair ON a roller coaster, but in the style OF a roller coaster? Think wavy hair styles like 1950s D.A. or Teddy Boys style. Maybe?