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The title is taken from a line in the Marx Brothers' 1935 classic A Night at the Opera. Otis B. Driftwood (Groucho) and Fiorello (Chico) are going through the opera singer’s contract. At the end there’s a part that says that the contract is void if any of the parties are not in their right minds....
Rabies got the scabies now he's down on all fours
Hasn't helped his drumming, changing hands for paws
Afraid he's quarantined, means no more foreign tours
Ah ha, there ain't no Sanity Clause
Oh no, There ain't no Sanity Clause [x4]
[Chorus:]
Vanians got a visit from a guy named Drac
Says he's from the bloodbank wants his 10 pints back
Singer's rather sickly when it rains it pours -
Oh no, There ain't no Sanity Clause
Oh no, there ain't no Sanity Clause [x4]
[Chorus:]
Did you expect that I would believe
The tale you told last Xmas eve
About the man that man is fat and round
Delivers gifts without a sound
[Solo]
[Chorus:]
Captain's out of order 'cause he thinks he's Jaws
Biting lady punters on the Norfolk Broads
Paul plays the bass he's just debased that's all
Oh no, there ain't no Sanity Clause
There ain’t no Sanity Clause!
Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho…Ho Ho…Ho!
There Ain’t No Sanity Clause was written by Giovanni Dadamo & Dave Vanian & Captain Sensible & Rat Scabies.
There Ain’t No Sanity Clause was produced by Hugh Jones.
The Damned released There Ain’t No Sanity Clause on Sat Nov 01 1980.