My fifth monster/horror flick tune - have fun with this one - it's meant to be fun.
punk
sixties
garage rock
garage punk
60s dig it
Story behind the song
Well - again - a very, very bad movie in the B-grade horror genre - this one is mercifully short, and there are moments of laughter...I was at a loss as to inspiration for a song...and then this came to me...
Lyrics
On the run from some bad guys armed with guns
He ran off into some God-forsaken scrubland
known as Yucca Flats
Turns out his timing was bad;
sometimes things don’t turn out like you plan
No one knows why the U.S. government
picked that day to test an atomic weapon
I guess he didn’t see the signs:
“KEEP OUT! Atomic Weapon testing TODAY!”
(This was back in the day when fences were out of fashion – The government of the day Relied on the good sense of its good citizens to keep their noses out of things that didn’t concern them –
like atomic weapons testing)
To make as short story shorter,
he was at ground zero
when the explosion went off
He was exposed to radiation;
that sure ain’t no vacation;
just bad luck and desperation
Chorus:
And that’s why….he’s the Beast of Yucca Flats
The noted scientist became a partially melted scientist –
with a porridge-like complexion, a vacant stare...
and a propensity for senseless murder
by strangulation or bludgeoning
It really is amazing what radiation will do
to a man’s notions of things right and wrong
You could say his perspective on things became...
slightly skewed
With senseless murder on his mind –
he ain’t got nothing but time on his side
So he roams the countryside –
who will be the next to die?
Don’t let your family go out there –
he may catch your kids unaware and then you’ll be sorry
That is, unless your kids can outrun
a four hundred pound ex-wrestler...
Chorus:
And that’s why….he’s the Beast of Yucca Flats
Road Apples August 2007