The Masochism Tango-Tom Lehrer

[ti:The Masochism Tango] [ar:Tom Lehrer] [al:The Very Best of Tom Lehrer] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.43]Another familiar type of love song is the passionate or firy variety [00:04.73]Usually in tango tempo in which the singer exhorts his partner [00:08.78]To haunt him and taunt him and if at all possible to consum [00:14.12]With a kiss of fire this this particular illustration of [00:25.91]This genre is called the masochism tango [00:29.23] [00:41.15]I ache for the touch of your lips dear [00:45.36]But much more for the touch of your whips dear [00:49.95]You can raise welts [00:51.52]Like nobody else [00:53.33]As we dance to the masochism tango [00:58.01] [01:01.31]Let our love be a flame not an ember [01:05.10]Say it's me that you want to dismember [01:10.18]Blacken my eye [01:11.73]Set fire to my tie [01:13.69]As we dance to the masochism tango [01:18.22] [01:20.54]At your command [01:22.78]Before you here i stand [01:24.72]My heart is in my hand ecch [01:31.52] [01:35.98]It's here that i must be [01:38.60]My heart entreats [01:40.01]Just hear those savage beats [01:42.00]And go put on your cleats [01:43.90]And come and trample me [01:47.47] [01:48.74]Your heart is hard as stone or mahogany [01:52.53]That's why i'm in such exquisite agony [01:56.94]My soul is on fire [01:58.78]It's a flame with desire [02:00.77]Which is why i perspire [02:02.94]When we tango [02:05.27]You caught my nose [02:09.63]In your left castanet love [02:14.19]I can feel the pain yet love [02:17.28]Every time i hear drums [02:21.26]And i envy the rose [02:24.88]That you held in your teeth love [02:29.66]With the thorns underneath love [02:32.97]Sticking into your gums [02:36.61] [02:37.80]Your eyes cast a spell that bewitches [02:41.74]The last time i needed twenty stitches [02:45.67]To sew up the gash [02:47.41]That you made with your lash [02:49.29]As we danced to the masochism tango [02:52.99]Bash in my brain [02:54.31]And make me scream with pain [02:56.28]Then kick me once again [02:58.15]And say well never part [03:00.73]I know too well [03:02.06]I'm underneath your spell [03:03.98]So darling if you smell [03:05.89]Something burning it's my heart [03:08.04]Excuse me [03:08.98]Take your cigarette from its holder [03:13.05]And burn your initials in my shoulder [03:17.88]Fracture my spine [03:19.37]And swear that you're mine [03:21.67]As we dance to the masochism tango [03:26.34]The Masochism Tango - Tom Lehrer [03:27.38]