The Werewolf
Milwaukee man led a fairly decent life
Made a fairly decent living
Had a fairly decent wife
She killed him—sushi knife
Now they’re shopping
For a fairly decent afterlifeThe werewolf is coming
The fact is most obits are mixed reviews
Life is a lottery
A lot of people lose
And the winners, the grinners
With money-colored eyes
Eat all the nuggets
Then they order extra friesThe werewolf is coming
The werewolf is coming, you know
The werewolf’s coming
The werewolf’s coming
Yes, the werewolf is coming, Joe
I hear her howling
Prowling on the hill
The werewolf’s coming, BillIgnorance and arrogance
The national debate
Put the fight in Vegas
That’s a billion-dollar gate
Revenue: Pay-per-view
Should be pretty healthy
The usual deductions
Then it all goes to the wealthyStill the werewolf’s coming
Yeah, the werewolf’s comingI’m not complaining
Just the opposite, my friend
I know it’s raining
But we’re coming to the end of the rainbow
The lying and the spying are through
Oh! You don’t know me?
O.K. I don’t know you, tooThe werewolf’s coming
Werewolf’s coming, oh
The werewolf’s coming
And a werewolf’s coming
The werewolf is coming, Joe
I hear her howling
Prowling on the hill
The werewolf’s coming, BillYou’d better stock up on water
Canned-goods off the shelves
And loot some for the old folks
Can’t loot for themselves
The doorbell’s ringing
Could be the elves
But it’s probably the werewolf
It’s quarter to twelveAnd when it’s midnight
And the wolf bites
It’s a full moon
She really got the appetiteThe werewolf’s coming
The werewolf
The werewolf
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Paul Simon: Voz, gopichand, percusión, coros
Jamey Haddad: Hadjira
Sergio Martínez, Nino de los Reyes, Oscar de los Reyes: Percusión, palmas y zapateado
Jim Oblon: Percusión, batería electrónica
Beats by Clap! Clap!: Batería electrónica, sintetizador, loops
Steve Marion: Guitarra slide
Paul Halley: Órgano
Nico Muhly: Celeste
Andy Snitzer: Saxofón
C.J. Camerieri: Trompeta
Marcus Rojas: Tuba
Alan Ferber: Trombón
Mark Stewart: TrombaDoo, Big Boing mbira
© 2016 Paul Simon (BMI)
Disco: Stranger To Stranger
Comentarios: El sonido exótico que se escucha al principio de la canción proviene de un gopichand, un instrumento indio de una cuerda. La pista consiguió su título cuando Paul Simon y su banda mezclaron el sonido del gopichand con las palmas y el cajón flamenco. Cuando disminuyó el ritmo, sonó como si alguien estuviera diciendo "The Werewolf ". Simon convirtió eso en una canción sobre la inevitabilidad de la mortalidad humana, en la que el símbolo de la muerte no es la siniestra imagen de el esqueleto con la guadaña sino un hombre lobo.
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