Rattlesnake

[rone rivendale]

Rone is like butter, as he is on a roll!

Rattlesnake:

Slither down the narrow path
all the way to destruction

will not let no one pass
my voice is an obstruction

you don't like me vilify me
label me a wannabe

I know the potential deep inside
and this song will set me free

Strike you like a rattlesnake
My vocals are a vemon cake
I'll give you all that you can take

don't deny me you know it's true
you've listen to me i've improved

you won't ignore me anymore
try to escape I won't move

blast the volume until you hear it
listen to these rocking rifts

no longer will reviewers
want to drop me off a cliff

Strike you like a rattlesnake
My vocals are a vemon cake
I'll give you all that you can take

I'll strike you like a rattlesnake
I'll feed you some vemon cake
Have you gotten all you can take

Strike you like a rattlesnake
My vocals are a vemon cake
I'll give you all that you can take

[j$]

I assume you mean 'venom' - unless 'vemon cake' is some lame pun on 'lemon cake'

[Teplin]

I googled "vemon cake", expecting to find some kind of exotic cake I'd never heard of.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>RATTLESNAKE!<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

We smell you coming from far away
Run away, run away

With shiny scales and diamond backs
We'll attack, we'll attack

We are all sidewinders over here
Feel the fear, we smell your fear

If you fail to heed our warning we'll fuck you up

Rattlesnake Rattlesnake Rattlesnaaaaaake!
Rattlesnake Rattlesnake Rattlesnake Rattlesnaaaaaake!

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[rone rivendale]

I assume you mean 'venom' - unless 'vemon cake' is some lame pun on 'lemon cake'

My bad.

[martyr]

No time to actually meet and record this this week... But here was an idea:

Met this girl
With bad credit
With credit cards
She thought were debit
It'd all pile up
She'd think it was fine
But when the bill would come
She'd go wild

Like a rattle rattle rattle rattlesnake

Oh she'd constrict you
And lick your face
Say that she loved you
Never left your place
Shake her tail ----
And wrap around ----
That rattle rattle (or shifty shaker?)
How I loved that sound

She's a rattle rattle rattle rattlesnake

...

Music idea: Heavy garage tones. Endless walking lick.
[Simplified verse where 1=root, 3=minor]
1 1 3 1 3 3 1 3 1 1 3 1 3 3 1 3 : ||
[Actual verse lick ~not sure it is exactly right]
1 2 3 1 3 3 1 2 1 2 3 1 3 3 1 2 : ||
[Then a descending triad thing for rattle snake chorus ~probably not right at all]
7 2 5 4 2 4 3 1 3 2 7 3 2 1 3 2 1 3 2

No bridge idea yet. Could have up to 4 verses perhaps to tell elongated story. Perhaps only one more verse for the kill "Hide in the grass. And then she'd bite you. And swallow you whole. Say with a smile. Let me suck your suger daddy..."

I guess this could be sorta reminiscent of the Clause 5 Paragraph D song Monte Carlo did, but way cooler. If we go up that alley, then production tricks could include:
- Ken's patent pending guitar distortion on snare
- dual track distorted vocal / clean loud compressed vocal
- low mix of room mic with distorted everything
- !! shaker track mandatory !!

[nyjm]

Rattlesnake
Ford's Theater Disaster

I have come to this ball of sky and dirt
Looking for the deadliest creature on the earth
In these files it states a reptile
Terrorized with venom sharp and a tail full of tunes

The rattlesnake does not exist
The rattlesnake is just a myth
With man it lives under the ground
Our skeletons cannot be found

On this plain of filth and rocks and bitter gusts
Swam a sea of men and cars now turned to dust
Where have they gone these beings of such accomplishment
They leave behind their wasted orb all fucking spent

The rattlesnake does not exist
The rattlesnake is just a myth
With man it lives under the ground
Our skeletons cannot be found

Now I see the oceans dry, the land ablaze
Now I see the clear-cut land, the smoggy haze
I understand how this dragon slipped away
As i board my ship I shed a tear for the rattlesnake

The rattlesnake does not exist
The rattlesnake is just a myth
With man it lives under the ground
Our skeletons cannot be found

[Billy's Little Trip]

Rattlesnake
Lyrics by Spud and BLT
Featuring:
Spud - lead vocals
Paco Del Stinko - lead guitar and back vocals

I've got a thing that everyone should see
I like to let it loose to slither through the weeds
It's long and round and never lets me down
In my kingdom it surely wears the crown
It's gonna find you
Coming up behind you
Everyone beware
It's the rattlesnake, baby!

You mighty find me charming or you might find me crude
Now that's a fact that I admit - depends upon my mood
But it pays no attention to the state of mind I'm in
Every now and then I find I don't know where it's been
It's gonna find you
Coming up behind you
Everyone beware
It's the rattlesnake, baby!

I always take it with me when I go into a bar
In fact it seems without it, I just can't get that far
The ladies like to cuddle it and treat it like a dog
But when they pet and fondle it, it's much more like a log
It's gonna find you
Coming up behind you
Everyone beware
It's the rattlesnake, baby!

Looks like a babies arm with an apple in it's fist
But big and hairy like gorillas in the mist
I've got a tip for you, don't look it in the eye
Domo arigato for the cream of sum yung guy
It's gonna find you
Coming up behind you
Everyone beware
It's the rattlesnake, baby!

[Henrietta]

Rattlesnake

In the woods, in the mighty woods
I found I made myself a big mistake
That stick lying in my path
Was nothing but a diamondback rattlesnake
I took a rake
I killed that snake

In the house, in the trailer house
I'm looking round for a box of Shake-n-Bake
Found a deal on a frozen meal
But tonight I'm gonna cook up a rattlesnake
I'm gonna bake
That rattlesnake

When pork and fish and beef won't do
When you've had your fill up of turkey stew
Gonna dirty up some dishes and clean our plates
With a bona fide plate of baked rattlesnake for two

Baked Rattlesnake
1 rattlesnake carcass
1 cup half & half or milk
1/2 lb. sliced mushrooms
2 thinly sliced limes
1 tsp each of basil, pepper, and rosemary

Cut the snake into 3 inch sections and place in a large baking dish.
Cover with cream or milk and add the mushrooms, limes, and spices.
Cover tightly. Bake at 300 degrees for 60 to 70 minutes.

I'm gonna bake
That rattlesnake

When pork and fish and beef won't do
You had your fill up of turkey stew
Gonna dirty up some dishes and clean our plates
With a bona fide plate of baked rattlesnake for two

[Paco Del Stinko]

Rattlesnake - Paco del Stinko

I got bit by a rattlesnake
The venom went straight to my heart
I couldn't stop it, I had to shake
Until I nearly fell apart

She was blond - right about five foot four
I knew that she was poison - when she opened up the car door
She let me in the back seat of her cab
Might as well just lay me right out on the slab
She turned around and showed me her fangs
I knew I was a goner but I didn't give a dang
Imagine that

I got bit by a rattlesnake
The venom went straight to my heart
I couldn't stop it, I had to shake
Until I nearly fell apart

She was there - when I awoke
She had me paralyzed - ain't no fuckin' joke
She had me laying in a pool of my cold sweat
I didn't think there was any deader I could get
She stroked my hair as I tried to laugh
Then sank her teeth again as I cried a tired gasp
Oh man you bet

If you suit her - her name is Nancy
But don't you shoot her - and don't you ever try to lance me
Although she kills me - poisons my blood
She also thrills me - I can't get enough

I got bit by a rattlesnake
The venom went straight to my heart
I couldn't stop it, I had to shake
Until I nearly fell apart

[The Weakest Suit]

Song Fight Song 063
Rattlesnake
Last night I dreamt that I was in an original made for tv sci fi channel two hour movie prime time premiere event
And that automatically means that the acting was obscene and the plot wasn’t worth a hill of beans
Five teen actors, ethnically balanced
Endlessly running through the forest
With some kind of monster, somewhere around
No one saw anything
No one even stopped running
Except for the kid who said he though he heard a sound
And then it came and took the kid away, it took the kid away, it took the kid away
And then commercials came and washed away the pain and with the fade in only the four of us remain
The four of us remain
The four of us remain
Of course the scene with the kid had to happen off camera to save most of the special effects budget for the big ending
And that automatically means that before the big ending two or three more teens will die gruesomely
I nominate the sappy couple
The guy was beefy but the girl was supple
A double entrée for the beast to take
Of course the girl, she tripped and fell
Of course the guy, he stopped to help
Before they screamed we all thought we heard a shake
The rattlesnake, it bit her in the face, it bit her in the face, it bit her in the face
And then the guy, he tried to run away, he tried to run away, but he was bitten anyway
He was bitten anyway
He was bitten anyway
Now the only two people left are me and a guy who doesn’t look like someone on a dollar bill and he’s got a funny name
And that automatically means that I’ll be the last one to die and I thought that this is pretty lame
I’d have a chance if this was the eighties
But now my red shirt feels kind of weighty
I know my death scene CGI will look fake
So I try to make the most of
My time left, I get a close up
Just in time for me to hear that final shake
And then the snake bitch bit me in the leg, bitch bit me in the leg, bitch bit me in the leg
And the last guy, he blew the snake away, he blew the snake away, but I died anyway
I died anyway
I died anyway
I died anyway
So, yakutakay
© 2008 Weakest Suit Songs

[Heather. Redmon.]

Rattlesnake - the Hell Yeahs

I gave you a sign, gave you plenty of warnin'
What's gold tonight will be lead in the morning
Shot you a smile, but the daggers went unseen
You saw me rattling, and came right over to me

Now I can't rightly be blamed
A serpent can't exactly change its fangs
An inferno's got no providence over individual flames
Oh baby

You're fittin' the bill, and so I'm workin' my angle
Give you a moderate thrill, an' you let your wallet dangle
You're feedin' lies, dressed in your Sunday denim
I'm coiled up tight, cranberry, ice and venom

It wasn't my best game
I'm mixin' up my stories and my names
I left so many clues that even booze could not be blamed
Oh baby

I think I treated you nice
I gave you all the best hours of my night

And I make plenty of noise
I make plenty of noise
I make plenty of noise before I bite

[Steve Durand]

Rattlesnake

by Steve Durand

I'm a rattlesnake, baby
I go hunting at night
I'm a rattlesnake, mama
Got a poisonous bite

Like a heat seeking missile
I've got you locked in my sights
I'm a rattlesnake, baby
And I'm coiled to strike

Moving to the southwest was your first mistake
The desert heat is perfect for a snake
I think you're in for quite a nasty shock
When you see me slither out from underneath a rock


I'm a rattlesnake, baby
I go hunting at night
I'm a rattlesnake, mama
Got a poisonous bite

Like a heat seeking missile
I've got you locked in my sights
I'm a rattlesnake, baby
And I'm coiled to strike

Don't you think it's rather worrying
To see the venom dripping from my fangs
And just to help you recognize the threat
A little shake is all the warning that you'll get

I'm a rattlesnake, baby
I go hunting at night
I'm a rattlesnake, mama
Got a poisonous bite

Like a heat seeking missile
I've got you locked in my sights
I'm a rattlesnake, baby
And I'm coiled to strike

[ElaineDiMasi]

Rattlesnake - Elaine DiMasi

I want you comin' I want you goin' I want you speedin' I want you slowin'
bring me along for the ride
just remind me not to buckle up my head inside

you look like more than just a pretty face, you got that that pretty body in the first place
bring that along for the game
and that reminds me that I'll do the same

but you gotta warn me you gotta warn me
if you'll swallow your tale for eternity
some kind of light bulb going off inside
a rattlesnake would have warned me before he slithered off to hide

I want you readin' my mind and knowin' how to rattle my tail so my mind is blowin'
save me some space in your head
cause I'm out here readin' the surgeon general instead

cause you gotta warn me you gotta warn me
if you're swallowin' such insecurity
some kind of light bulb goin' out with this
a rattlesnake would have warned me before he blindly struck at my heart and missed
blindly struck at my heart and missed
blindly struck at my heart and missed

blindly struck at my heart and missed blindly struck at my heart
and he would have warned me he would have warned me he would have warned me

I want you comin' - I want you goin' - I want you speedin' - I want you slowin'
but you gotta warn me you gotta warn me you gotta warn me
you gotta warn before you blindly strike at my heart and miss
you blindly strike at my heart like this
you blindly strike at my heart like this just like this
you blindly strike at my heart like this just like this

[Ross]

Rattlesnake
by Ross Durand

I guess that I was 8 or 9 - you know I coulda been ten
The years have ways to blur the lines of how things were back then
But it was one of those summer days that seems like it’ll never end
And once those days are gone - they never come back again

When the sun came up we went outside and it was everything
A rocket ship - a battlefield - a fighter plane - a russian submarine
And we hardly ever talked but we would run and we shout and we would sing
And when we heard that rattle in the yard that day - it changed everything

CHORUS:
And we had to stay inside all day when daddy saw that snake out there
And It musta it got way - but we never knew where
It was right behind the tire swing when daddy took the pool net out there
But we had to stay inside all day when daddy saw that snake out there

Well the house was kinda small, it didn’t leave much room for two boys to play
So I guess we had to talk, I couldn’t understand the things you had to say
Cause to me my house was home, but your was just a place of hurt every day
And though years are blurred I’m pretty sure - that was the day you went away

CHORUS
And we had to stay inside all day when day saw that snake out there
And it musta got away - but we never knew where
It was somewhere near the tire swing - never to be found
And after that I watched my step - but it was nowhere around

I guess that I was 8 or 9 - you know I coulda been ten
The years have ways to blur the lines of how things were back then
Back when summer days seemed like they might not ever end
But once those days are gone - they never come back again
Yeah once those days are gone - they never come back again

[boltoph]

Corn on the Cob

Note: we needed a burly voice of some kind of Montana cowboy. The words, yes, they're hard to understand; so here they are.

Walking down this road
it's a dirty road
can't seem to find anything
look out there
across the old path
he might get a fang in, and you'll be hurtin'
he'll give you fair warning
he'll give you time to run
when you hear that shakin'
you better get up, and get out, and get it done

On the edge of the canyon
in a midnight hurricane
you came
venom

Don't step off the path
rattlesnake
rattlesnake

On the edge of a canyon
in the middle of the pouring rain
did you call my name
rattlesnake
a rattlesnake

On the edge of the canyon
in the middle of a hurricane
you came, venom
like I got bit by a rattlesnake
on the edge of a mountain
I heard you scream like a lion
you gave ugly venom
like you got bit by a rattlesnake

[Heine]

Rattlesnake
(Heine, nov./dec. 2008)

1.) Once in a famous garden,
two naked people lived so happily
Love & peace was all they knew,
a state of perfect harmony.

But wicked Lucy didn’t like it,
masqueraded as a snake,
looked into their eyes and got them paralysed,
and rattled oh so sweet:
„Just come, come closer,
take another look, well you should try.
There’s a world to win, give in to sin,
before you realize you‘re gonna lose your paradise.“

The story’s end is common to us all
and still we are blind and still we fall.

2.) Once a woman and a man
and a long time they have spent together,
she gave him kids and a friendly home,
but he saw a young girl standing there alone

It’s been some thousand years later,
and still raging was the great hater,
looked into his eyes, got him paralysed,
and rattled oh so sweet:
„Just come, come closer,
take another look, well you should try.
There’s a heart to win, give in to sin,
before you realize you‘re gonna lose your paradise.“

3.) Once there was a famous singer
(who wanted) to be elected after school’s out,
but it did fail, in his heart was a hole
he was trying to fill with alcohol

It seemed to be a great escaper
'cause still raging was the great hater,
looked into his eyes, got him hypnotized,
and rattled oh so sweet:
„Just come, come closer,
take another drink, well you really should try.
Full right to the brim, give in to sin,
before you realize you‘re gonna lose your paradise.“

All this got him down to the ground,
felt so lost, but wanted to be found...
And now, it's plain for everyone to see:
Vincent spoke prayer and found release

4.) So I will pray - everyday
Lord keep me save from that rattlesnake.
Help to see and help to hear,
let me stand tall without any fear.

Noch klappern laut die Klapperschlangen,
deren Klappern niemals schlapper klangen...
But if someday that snake is gone
love and peace will come back to stay...