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We've been around for a long time and in that time we've written a lot of songs, some in our previous incarnation as Bikini Black Special, and then even more as Zvilnik - so if you fancy a browse through lyrics old and new, fill your boots. Dig into the back catalogue of satirical sinister speculative cabaret, a fusion of science fiction, political satire, grotesque comedy, and theatrical storytelling that's been built up over actual decades.

Rattlesnake

I came to this place
Before you even evolved here
Got my agenda involved here
Got my foot in the door
I put my mark on your arm
As you made this your home
Put something mean into your genes
Put something evil in your chromosome

I crawl on my belly
Shakin' like a rattlesnake shakes
It's a piece of cake
Getting what I want to get
I cut to the chase
With an ace in the hole
You gave your body to the gods but I already have your soul

And I shake like a rattlesnake shakes
Shake like a rattlesnake
I shake, shake, shake like a rattlesnake shakes

With a flick of a switch
And a tweak of genetic code
DNA's a winding road
So let's go for a spin
When I take the controls
I can make my own damn fun
I just push another button
And another button comes undone

And I shake like a rattlesnake shakes
Shake like a rattlesnake
I shake, shake, shake like a rattlesnake shakes

And I shake like a rattlesnake shakes
Shake like a rattlesnake
I shake, shake, shake like a rattlesnake shakes
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