(I Am The) Rock n Roll Librarian

Woe to you, O Earth and Sea

For the Devil sends the Beast with wrath.

Let him who hath understanding

Reckon the number of the Beast

For it is a Dewey Number

Its number is 666

(Ceramic and Allied Technologies)

(I am the) rock n roll librarian

I get my metal where I can

I put requests out on the van

You’ll know me by the trail of books

You’ll see me giving furtive looks

At people lurking in the nooks

Rapaciously I cover-bind

Undress the pages of your mind

A million stories to unwind

I am the power, am the law

I’ll search until my eyes are raw

I’ll find the words you’re yearning for

Bring your query, bring your query

To the counter

Let me know, let me know, let me know

(ahaha)

You’ll find me weeding DVDs

You’ll find me right down on my knees

I’m tidying the loose CDs

I’m fingering the catalogue

A laser-beam cut through the fog

Updating my attendance log

A word to you who enter here:

There's knowledge to admire and fear

A dark, deep magic may appear

Our deviant, delicious den

Will help you find your inner zen

Will strip you of your innocence

Bring your query, bring your query

To the counter

Let me know, let me know, let me know

(ahaha)

(I am the) rock n roll librarian

A shelving ninja, seventh dan

Eat chips in here, you’ll get a ban

I walk in silent catacombs

Where old ones go to face their dooms

Where unloved pages find their tombs

A haven here for tales of crime

Disgusting deeds and depraved minds:

Return them late and face a fine

Beware the final chain-locked door

Unwary souls have fouled before:

We close on Saturdays at four

(don’t get locked in, seriously, we'll have to reset all the alarms and it's a fucking pain in the arse, plus the caretaker will go mental)

Bring your query, bring your query

To the counter

Let me know, let me know, let me know

(ahaha)

Bring your query, bring your query

To the counter

Let me know, let me know, let me know

(ahaha)

Bring your query, bring your query

To the counter

Let me know, let me know, let me know

(ahaha)

Bring your query, bring your query

To the counter

Let me know, let me know, let me know

(ahaha)