brooklyn new york july 4th 99 a day for fireworks
murder incorporated received a contract to rub out elliott fress
stuttering sam goldman gave the order
from ‘blue moon’ by the marcels
bompabompbomp
dangadang
the job was given to babyface latka notorious east new york trigger man
as fress stepped from his headquartersmachine gun fire
his gun still smoking babyface called
stuttering sam and gave his report
from ‘baby sittin’ boogie’ by buzz clifford
boogie boogie boogie all night
hearing the good news stuttering sam rewarded
him with gangland’s highest tribute
from ‘baby blue’ by the echoes
you’re my baby blue
but elliott fress was still alive
murder incorporated took care of babyface
new york police found his body buried in
from ‘a hundred pounds of clay’ by gene mcdaniels
a hundred pounds of clay
the following day canary cone another killer
disguised as a messenger delivered a small package
to the home of elliott fress
as the door opened canary sang
from ‘dedicated to the one i love’ by the shirelles
this is dedicated to the one i love
sound of explosion
realizing he was in the wrong house
the killer looked down at his victim and said
from ‘pony time’ by chubby checker
it’s pony time get up
taken into custody cone made a full confession
armed with this evidence the touchables
surrounded a brooklyn warehouse
headquarters of murder incorporated
fress called to stuttering sam
from ‘surrender’ by elvis presley
oh my darling please surrender
from inside came the answersound of machine gun fire
after a brief gun battle stuttering sam stumbled
from the building screaming
from ‘that’s iti quiti’m movon’ on’ by sam cooke
that’s it i quit
aftraid he might talk the national crime syndicate
sent two killers disguised as police to the hotel where
he was being held terrified he pleaded
from ‘i don’t want to cry’ by chuck jackson
i don’t want to cry
he cried but not for longsound of machine gun fire
mortally wounded stuttering sam fell from
a seventeenth story window his final words were
from ‘blue moon’ by the marcels
bompabompbomp
dangadang
this was the end of murder incorporated
called to washington for official ceremonies
the touchables were asked what dangerous assignment
they would like next
we would like our own television show
Artist: Dickie Goodman
Year: 1961
Decade: 60s
Language: en
Word Count: 246