WHERE A RAT'S LIPS HAVE TOUCHED

a rodent brought us the plague
when it's caught in a trap, a rat'll gnaw off it's leg
and there's one rat, what knows when i'm gone
and you let him come in to our happy home

was he so pursuasive, so hard to resist
did it go no furthur than one little kiss
well one little kiss, that's one kiss too much
not again will i put my lips where a rat's lips have touched
(not again will he put his lips where a rat's lips have touched)

a rodent can go anywhere
thru a crack in the wall to the bedroom upstairs
up there he will nibble and squeak
and do rat like things of which i'd rather not speak

was he so persistent, so hard to deny
did you holler mercy! then finally sigh
no i don't know it all but i do know this much
not again will i put my lips where a rat's lips have touched
(not again will he put his lips where a rat's lips have touched)

a rodent, he's dirty and mean
if you touch one rat once you'll never come clean
or maybe you don't agree
maybe to you he's no more of a weasel than me

well a weasel ain't a rat but you get my drift
i'm more than just mad, i'm mightily miffed
one little kiss? that's one kiss too much
not again will i put my lips where a rat's lips have touched
(not again will he put his lips where a rat's lips have touched)

(he won't put his lips indeed where a rat's lips have touched)

phil lee grm/ bmi