If you were going to open up a shop, what would you sell?
I would re-open the shop previously closed down by Pressed Rat & Warthog.
Pressed rat and warthog have closed down their shop
They didn’t want to; ’twas all they had got
Selling atonal apples, amplified heat
And pressed rat’s collection of doglegs and feet
Sadly, they left, telling no one goodbye
Pressed rat wore red jodhpurs, warthog a striped tie
Between them, they carried a three-legged sack
Went straight round the corner and never came back
Pressed rat and warthog have closed down their shop
The bad captain madman had told them to stop
Selling atonal apples, amplified heat
And pressed rat’s collection of doglegs and feet
The bad captain madman had ordered their fate
He laughed and stomped off with a nautical gate
The gate turned into a deroga tree
And his peg leg got woodworm and broke into three
Pressed rat and warthog have closed down their shop
They didn’t want to; ’twas all they had got
Selling atonal apples, amplified heat
And pressed rat’s collection of doglegs and feet
“Pressed Rat and Warthog,” is a song from Creams 1968 album “Wheels Of Fire”.
The song was written by Mike Taylor, with lyrics by Ginger Baker.
Perhaps calling this a song is stretching the definition, more a nonsense poem set to music with narration by Ginger Baker.
Still, I feel sorry for Pressed Rat and Warthog. After all twas all they had got
WrAnTz 