So here's a primer for ya!
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That's right...Jim Morrison did not write this..
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The swingy Bobby Darrin version was not the original, and completely lost the 'dark undertow', I mean, she is singing about a fictionalized version of Jack the Ripper.
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Sure, there's a Pet Shop Boys version, but...ewwwwww. Although, the last line about 'bestial acts' kind of fits in with their name.
Oh, what the hell...
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So, just to 'even' that out...
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And one of my favorite songs:
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And to give this a certain 'arch form:
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Also got to use the unaltered score that has the following line in "Mack the Knife"
There was rape down
By the harbour
Little Suzy
Caused a stir
Saying that she'd
Been assaulted
Wonder what got
Into her.