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Tested On Animals

by The Hangmen

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1.
My Town 02:04
Out came the sun, out came the rain, Out came the gun, out came the brain Why is everybody always killing themselves in my town? Along came a nun, along came a train Along came a medic crying "God not again Why is everybody always killing themselves in my town? Is it an experiment? What do they know? Is it an epidemic? does the morgue overflow? Is it something I've done? Something I said? I can't ask anyone 'cos they're all dead Why is everybody always killing themselves in my town? A family moved in right next door I don't hear the kids scream anymore Why is everybody always killing themselves in my town? No papers now, no radio TV's dead like everybody I know Why is everybody always killing themselves in my town? There's nobody coming now to clean up the mess No letters left behind to justify the loneliness They're all past caring what anyone thinks I gotta close the window cos the whole place stinks Why is everybody always killing themselves in my town? Oh God don't let them see me I'll hide down on the floor I saw somebody move but no-one does that anymore Why? Why?
2.
Let Us Prey 01:33
Our Father, who art insane Cursed be thy name Thy thing will cum, my blood will run On earth as there is no Heaven Fill us this day with daily dread & forget our trespasses as we forsake those who trespass against us Let us rot in our temptation & deliver us to evil For mine is the kingdom, the sour & the gory Forever or never Amen(tal).
3.
Zombi Boy 01:56
Gonna buy me a graveyard of my own, Live in the middle of the aisles of stone, Fill it on up 'til there's no more room Sit a thousand years in the cold & gloom 'til nothings left but dust & bone. Let the wind teach me it's song, Dig up the graves & pass it on, Sing so hot in a necro-choir - that all the damn sky catches fire And burns the throats of everyone. I love the dead, I love the dead I am Zombi Boy, never cried or bled. Let everything that I say be. Go fuck yourself with a pick-axe baby Feel that cold steel deep inside Rip the ribcage open wide So all who fear pain may see... Let the world be calm & still With nothing left to harm or kill Let be the land that died of shame Eternity forget its name As it dies so does their Gods will. I love the dead, I love the dead I am Zombi Boy, never cried or bled. Better left unsaid.
4.
Wings of fire & eyes that shine so bright She's a demon she's a vampire of the night She's got long black snakes a-flowing down her spine And a body that will really blow your mind She's a demon, I hear her calling She's a demon, My limbs are crawling She's a demon, My body's aching She's a demon, I think she's taking my soul I remember what my mama used to say Son I wouldn't have you any other way. But why aren't you like all the other boys? Kissing girls & playing with your toys?" 'Cos She's a demon, I hear her calling She's a demon, My limbs are crawling She's a demon, My body's aching She's a demon, I think she's taking my soul A long black tail that slides along the floor & a mouth that'll make you scream on out for more Hot nails that slice like razors through your skin & a long black snakelike tongue that reeks of sin. She's a demon, I hear her calling She's a demon, My limbs are crawling She's a demon, My body's aching She's a demon, I think she's taking my soul My heart my soul my body's in a trance My legs won't move my feet don't wanna dance She's got control she's taking over me Sex & sin, no hope of sanity. She's a demon, I hear her calling She's a demon, My limbs are crawling She's a demon, My body's aching She's a demon, I think she's taking... She's a demon, I hear her calling She's a demon, My limbs are crawling She's a demon, My body's aching She's a demon, I think she's taking my soul
5.
Hitchhiking thru' Wisconsin, got in a truck Something in the back but he'd said not to look Ed was the name I remember he gave He was old he was frail & he stank of the grave The moonlight lit up a sly grin He said mother was calling to him Hitchhiking to Hell, all the way would be touched by that smell. An actor pulled up in a racy sports-car Broken hearts on the fender he gazed off afar A rebel they'd called him but he wasn't sure With a cause or without one they'd sell his allure The rear-view mirror, he claimed. Was to spy on the broken & maimed Hitchhiking to Hell, I thought he played his part pretty well. A blonde bombshell pulled over & giggled & sighed She was obsessed with pink, I was glad of the ride I'm just the girl who can't help it" she said I knew that someday she'd be losing her head When the car came to a halt Someone whispered it was LaVeys fault Hitchhiking to Hell, helped by an angel who'd fell. On a backseat Hank The Drifter he sat He was long, he was tall in a grey cowboy hat He'd often heard the lonesome whip poor whill He had bottles of whisky & bottles of pills A ramblin' man with the blues. Backache & born to lose Hitchhiking to Hell, oh the stories he'd sing & he'd tell. I stand at the crossroads this calm & dry night On any horizon no traffic in sight The voices of my rides come back on the breeze Distant, insistent like bad memories Saying 'Don't put your thumb in the air 'cos buddy your already there.
6.
Pity My Soul 01:44
Up jumped the Devil & I froze insane In his outstretched palm was my burning brain I said 'If your sellin' I'm buyin' cut the crap, where do I sign?" Pity my, pity my, pity my soul Pity pity pity my soul. The corpse of Christ aint bread it's meat Raped by dogs out in the street Giveth this day thy Rock 'n' Roll for all sin is divine Pity my, pity my. pity my soul Pity pity pity my soul. I hear songs that the dead men sing Screeching & a-wailin' any goddamn thing Listen up hard, listen up good, listen while you learn Pity my, pity my, pity my soul Pity pity pity my soul. Don't go to Heaven buddy when you die It's way too quiet & the bars are dry Get yourself a ticket, get all of your friends. get ready to burn Pity my, pity my, pity my soul Pity pity pity my soul. Pity my, pity my, pity my soul Pity pity pity my soul.
7.
Body Bag 02:41
There's a hole in the top where a rib ripped through. A puddle down the back where a brain seeped goo & there's no room in here for you Your gonna need your own whatever else you do Sitting in my biddy-body bag (x 3) I feel the plastic on my skin Daydreaming about climbing in Veins congeal, I like, I grin The smell inside is lingering Sitting in my biddy-body bag (x 3) Sometimes it gets moist inside Smudges stain where stuff has dried Patterns are pretty & print my hide In aroma of formaldehyde Sitting in my biddy-body bag (x 3) It's my own universe in there It folds & it clings & there ain't much air I'm not wondering what to wear I don't need tables & I don't need chairs. Sitting in my biddy-body bag (x 3)
8.
When it comes to dinner she goes without It can't get in & it can't get out It's all trapped inside going sour Gonna explode in a septic shower Girl with no hole you can't do what girls do Girl with no - oh no! Her eyes promised me a ride but she didn't have no gas Didn't have a mouth, didn't even have an ass So I had to put myself entirely in her hands I don't know who designed her but they sure fucked-up the plans Girl with no hole you can't do what girls do Girl with no - oh no! She's so uptight 'cos she can't let go 'Cos she's got no valve to blow But she don't starve, no ifs or buts Gotta be regurgitating her own guts Girl with no hole you can't do what girls do Girl with no - oh no! Girl with no hole you can't do what girls do Girl with no - oh no!
9.
Mainstream 02:39
In everything you try to do Your face says you ain't got a clue You do everything they tell you to Just like monkeys in a zoo It's obvious they got to you Why did you let them get to you? You've slipped into the mainstream To never be heard of again Handed yourself in to your own worst dream Forever & ever amen I see what your going through Life tastes shit but you still chew Lost & wasted, how time flew So tragic yet fucking true It's obvious they got to you You really let them get to you... And slipped into the mainstream To never be heard of again Handed yourself in to your own worst dream Forever & ever amen Now your will's no longer free Washed away in a colourless sea Dissolved your identity Nothing where your face should be But it can't happen to me I'll never let it get to me... Or slip into the mainstream To never be heard of again Handed yourself in to your own worst dream Forever & ever amen You've got to swim or sink They want your head to shrink Your going down You drown.
10.
Mad 03:23
Paranoid, schizoid, they call me what they will Sitting in their little rooms saying that I'm ill But they don't know just what I've been through Pain that's been caused, caused by you They say that I'm mad, maybe it's true Cos I'm mad, mad, I'm mad at you. Zombies are walking, walking the streets These are my kind of people, the folks I like to meet I know how they feel, they're a mirror of me No heart & no soul, no sanity They say that I'm crazy, but what can I do? Cos I'm mad, mad, I'm mad at you. Monsters are crawling across my floor Vampires & demons knocking on my front door The walls have faces they're looking at me I'm only half the man that I used to be Say that I'm mad & maybe a little blue But I'm still mad, mad, I'm mad at you. Now I dance with the dead, this is all I can do But I will be back, back to haunt you You took my love, then you took my life But I'm going to be the one that gets the final twist of the knife Now that I'm dead, a zombie it's true Well I'm still mad, mad, I'm mad at you.
11.
Your gonna be sorry, You made a bad mistake You can fall asleep now, but you might not wake Guess what's heading your way They'll be upon you one day No trace of chic or elegance The Skeleton Dance Check out behind you, Check under the bed Check out at the lobby, Hex on head No-one will know what took you Or the madness you were put through Coincidence or circumstance, not - The Skeleton Dance Can you hear them cackle? Are you alone? Can you see the cage around you Of dancing bone? Your loudest screams fall silent The nausea is violent Through your soul they leap & prance The Skeletons Dance So now you join them, The dancing dead To haunt & taunt For whom the curse is said Your bones will never rest now Your doomed you are not blessed How happy are you in your trance As The Skeletons Dance?
12.
He didn't have no master when he lived & wouldn't have one when he died They offered him a choice of two & said that's all there was, they fucking lied. They buried him once but the ground spat him back out again. Got fuel tanks full on human blood, get 45 gallon to the mile Chassis made of human bone, radiator grill the Devils' smile Running a race that has no winning post at the end. Thunder on the mountain, snakes in the bellies of the blind You know what they say, out of sight out of your mind He's got no sanity left - boy meets death. The sheer infatuation's got him shaking all over inside There's nothing that he wouldn't do to make sure he stays by her side Up on a pedestal his only ever true friend He doesn't see the others, the multitudes that pass through her arms A love that is blind is so easily fooled by fake charms They buried him once but the ground spat him back out again and again and again.
13.
If you can't detect my heartbeat I'm running it slow Prick me with your needles But I won't know Inside I'm smiling so let me go on Deathtripping daddio, Deathtrippin daddio If I'm laid out cold & thin & no rigor-mortis is setting in I'm in there somewhere way below Just Deathtripping daddio, Deathtripping daddio Call my name, cry your tears 'Cos I ain't spoke a word for years Spare your grief,curb your woe I'm just Deathtripping daddio, Deathtripping daddio. As I lay here I can see All you folk staring at T.V. It's closing in but you don't know Your just Deathtripping daddio Your all Deathtrippin daddio.
14.
Slither 02:25
I'm a disease, I am a germ A bio-sleaze, a poisoned sperm Don't have a purpose, don't have a name There's nothing else out there the same. I am the bottom, I am the pits We're talking mucous, tissue & spit No feelings, dreams or hopes I just exist. Don't have to eat or have to drink Or even breath or have to think Don't have no contribution to bring Don't have to achieve anything Don't have to smile or say "Hello" Apologise or need to know I'm just a tumour, I'm an ulcer, I'm a cyst But I slither, slither, slither, I slither, slither, slither... So delegate, map out your lands Communicate, shake your hands Socialise, accommodate & pray you don't make second rate You all aspire for approval from yourselves & hope you get your share or else Like the rats down here you'll race yourselves to Hell. Yes there's no known cure & all I've said is true But as I cruise this sewer I still slither over you I'm a bad news toxic tumour bug I'm a virus breathing meltdown drug If you ever get a wind of me you're doomed to despondency You'll plead for the death I'll never know You'll burn, You'll melt, wither slow Slip on me & vomit at the smell I slither, slither, slither, I slither, slither, slither ....

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"Vinyl pressing of the ill-fated Tested On Animals album only ever available on CD previously - if you can find a copy! The band's third album, though often considered to be the first to capture their raw energy faithfully. With new packaging based on the original artwork the 'lost' album finally comes home".

It has been remixed from the original multi-tracks and also mastered - a process that was missing on the CD release due to the original mixes being lost in transit and a hurried remix being required to meet the release schedule. A rare Psychobilly classic finally available as it should have sounded.

Remastered.
Re-mixed from original multi-tracks.
Revamped Artwork.
Insert with lyrics.
Numbered Limited Edition.
Choice of Black or Red Vinyl.

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released December 25, 2021

CAE/IPI number:
251811588
PPL: Performer 0103012167

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The Hangmen England, UK

Veteran underground 'cult' band shooting punk rock n' roll ammo using Psychobilly hardware.

Slogging countless loud sweaty gigs and tours across the UK, Europe & North America with a prolific self-penned repertoire of dark , raw devils music that spans nine albums to date, The Hangmen are for the 'Play Loud' crowd with a canny knack for never repeating themselves, or anyone else.
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