Freaking At The Freaker's Ball

by Shel Silverstein

Well there's going to be a freaker's ball (ha ha)

Tonight at the Freaker's Hall

And you know you're invited one and all (uh oh)

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Come on babys, grease your lips

Grab your hats and swing your hips

And don't forget to bring your whips

We're going to the freakers' ball (yes)

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Blow your whistle, and bang your gong

Roll up something to take along

It feels so good, it must be wrong

We're freaking at the freakers' ball

Well all the fags and the dykes are boogying together

The leather freaks are dressed in all kinds of leather

The greatest of the sadists and the masochists too

Screaming please hit me and I'll hit you

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The FBI is dancing with the junkies

All the straights are swinging with the funkies

Across the floor and up the wall

We're freaking at the freakers' ball, y'all

We're freaking at the freakers' ball

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Everybody's kissing each other

Brother with sister, son with mother

Smear my body up with butter

And take me to the freaker's ball

Pass that roach please, and pour the wine

I'll kiss yours if you'll kiss mine

I'm gonna boogie until I go blind

Freaking at the freakers' ball

White ones, black ones, yellow ones and red ones

Necrophiliacs looking for dead ones

The greatest of the sadists and the masochists too

Screaming please hit me and I'll hit you

Everybody balling in batches

Pyromaniacs striking matches

I'm going to itch me where it scratches

Freaking at the freakers' ball, y'all

We're freaking at the freakers' ball