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Written by Jim 'Jimbob' Morrison and Les 'Fruitbat' Carter. Originally recorded by 'Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine'.
lyrics
Now, Sheriff Fatman started out
In business, a granny farmer
He was infamous for fifteen minutes
And he appeared on Panorama
But then he somehow got himself on board
The Starship Enterprise Allowance Scheme
With a Prince of Wales award
For pushing Valium and amphetamines
Moving up onto second base
Behind Nicholas Van Wotsisface
Six foot six and a hundred tons
The undisputed king of the slum
More aliases than Klaus Barbie
The master butcher of Leigh-on-Sea
Just about to take the stage
The one and only, hold the front page
Fatman's got something to sell
To the capitol's homeless
At the Crossroads Hotel
For the no-fixed-abodeless
Where you can live life in style
You can sleep in a closet
And if you flash him a smile
He'll take your teeth as deposit
There's bats in the belfry
The windows are jammed
The toilets ain't healthy
And he don't give a damn
He just chuckles and smiles
Laughs like a madman
Born again Rachman
Here comes Sheriff Fatman
With his Valium, amphetamines
His sick notes and his phony prescriptions
And just when you thought it was safe
To go back into kitchen
Dead legs and cracked heads
Bunk-beds and breakfasts
Hey, hey, hey, cherish one
Moving up onto second base
Behind Nicholas Van Wotsisface
Six foot six and a hundred tons
The undisputed king of slums
More aliases than Klaus Barbie
The master butcher of Leigh-on-Sea
Just about to take the stage
The one and only, hold the front page
Moving up now to take the place
Of Nicholas Van Wotsisface
Six foot six and a hundred tons
The undisputed king of the slums
With more aliases than Klaus Barbie
The master butcher of Leigh-on-Sea
In a hatchback from Notre Dame
The one and only Sheriff Fatman
In goes another left hook and now I'm losing my patience
Someone call up Roger Cook and the United Nations
He's buying up houses for the has beens and helping
From Lands End to South end to Chelsea
There's bats in the belfry
The windows are jammed
The toilets ain't healthy
He don't give a damn
He just chuckles and smiles
Laughs like a madman
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Sheriff Fatman
Sheriff Fatman, Sheriff Fatman, Sheriff Fatman, brainchumps
Read more: Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine - Sheriff Fatman Lyrics | MetroLyrics
credits
from Lover's Minds (Single),
released February 10, 2014
Organ by John Corrigan
Vocals by Mark Murphy
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