You know they call my girl the Snake Charmer
Here she comes rising with the yellow dawn
You know I would do nothing to ever harm her
I guess I've loved you for too long

You know they call my girl the Worm Tamer
She cracks lightning like a viper's tongue
She leaves me every night and who can blame her?
I guess that I've loved you for too long

For too long
For too long
For too long

You know, you know they call my girl the Serpent Wrangler
Eating inchworms down by the bill-a-bong
I spent all night trying to untangle her
But I guess I've loved you for too long

For too long
For too long
For too long

You know they call my baby the Mambo Rider
I cry storms of tears til the rising of the dawn
And you know I'm only happy when I'm inside her
I guess that I've just loved you for too long

For too long
For too long
For too long

For too long
For too long

Well my baby calls me the Loch Ness Monster
Two great big humps and then I'm gone
Actually I am the Abominable Snowman
And I guess that I've loved you for too long


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Worm Tamer Lyrics as written by Martyn Casey James Sclavunos

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    clever

    ExoM7on August 27, 2011   Link
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    Song Meaning

    I think this song is about a (middle-aged) man who feels sexually inadequate. While his woman is a great lover (Snake charmer, worm tamer, serpent wrangler, mambo rider - all pretty sexual images when put in this context), the man cannot keep up with her - which becomes clear in the last verse: "Well my baby calls me the Loch Ness Monster/Two great big humps and then I'm gone"

    thedimlocatoron October 19, 2011   Link
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    General Comment

    I agree with you on the general sense of the song, it doesn't necessarily mean sexually inadequate to me though.

    bonedrivenon October 10, 2013   Link
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    My Interpretation

    This song is like a musicians wet dream. A mischievous dedication of love for a female other, who has totally hypnotised the male counterpart who feels inferior to her.

    PlatosCaveon November 10, 2013   Link

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