Mr. Rutherford

from Binge Thinking by The Good Excuses

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Mr. Rutherford had an attitude
 Gave me the business
Whenever he could 

Everything of mine that fell behind his fence 
Was his, instead
I want him to get
 A taste of his own medicine

Meanwhile  back at the lab…

A clumsy scientist accidentally mixed  
The two ingredients you never mix
So when a toxic gas filled the atmosphere for a day 
It made everyone who breathed it crave  

Brains legs and toes
 Ears eyes nose and elbows
 Everybody knows 
That the only way to kill a zombie

  Destroy the brain 
Throw the carcass on flames 
Everybody knows 
That’s the only way to kill a zombie 

 Mr. Rutherford
You’re a zombie now 
And I’m pretty sure
I’m taking my footballs back 

Cause They’re immune to all zombie attacks

  I gave your door a knock then I kicked it in
 And I knew then I knew that this was  it
It doesn’t have to be this way you said
 But that might be some zombie self defense  

Your blood curdling scream 
Would be bad in a different circumstance
 But everybody knows 
It’s okay to kill a zombie 

Destroy the brain
 Throw the carcass on flames 
Everybody knows 
It’s okay to kill a zombie 

 So Mr. Rutherford
Where’s the business now 
I’m having so much fun throwing your guts around 

 Mr. Rutherford, Your zombie body
Is buried underneath your prized azalea bush 
I knew that you would’ve wanted it that way
I knew you would

 Don’t worry ‘bout Mrs. Rutherford

 She’s in good hands now 
 I’ll take good care of her
 Brains legs and toes 
Ears eyes nose and elbows

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from Binge Thinking, track released November 1, 2011
Andrew Thompson, Vocals/Guitars
Jim Gullifer, Guitars
Adam Sheehan, Bass
Jeff Matthews, Drums

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