“Baby Ice Dog” is Tyranny and Mutation’s fifth track. It talks about a guy who’s girlfriend cheats on him so he kills her in the mountains of Mongolia, one of BÖC’s darkest songs.
[Verse 1: Eric Bloom]
I had this bitch you see
She made lies to me
Her deceit, ah, it gave me a chill
But I found out now
That baby, that baby ice dog
She said we would wed
In Mongolian country
Lilies shoot free
But she was a-stoning me
In the mountains, no
Her intent, it was all too clear, all too clear
It was quite a sin
How the ice caved in
I was numb
I could not assist
Baby ice went down
To the cold, cold, cold ground
I said: "Baby... that's the breaks"
[Bridge: Eric Bloom]
Turn me around like broke hound now
Crossing me once too often
Now, she's bound for a lower station
She crossing me once too often
Hey, baby, don't cross me, baby, I'm bad
[Verse 2: Eric Bloom]
And now, the ladies all fear
This Mongolian man
With ice down his face
You know I get involved
In unnatural acts
With the aid of my cold, cold stare
They'd like to make it
With my big black dog
But they just don't know how to ask
You know they'd like to try
Anything that comes into their minds
[Outro: Eric Bloom]
Ahh, Freeze on now, baby
Freeze on, freeze on, freeze on, bone to bone
Freeze on, freeze on, freeze on
Freeze on, freeze on, freeze on bone
Freeze on, freeze on, freeze on, freeze on
Baby Ice Dog was written by Patti Smith & Albert Bouchard & Eric Bloom.
Baby Ice Dog was produced by Sandy Pearlman.
Blue Öyster Cult released Baby Ice Dog on Sun Feb 11 1973.
According to Albert Bouchard
the music to “Baby Ice Dog” was inspired by The Blues Project song, “I Can’t Keep From Crying.”