The Jesus Lizard
The Jesus Lizard
The Jesus Lizard
The Jesus Lizard
The Jesus Lizard
The Jesus Lizard
The Jesus Lizard
The Jesus Lizard
The Jesus Lizard
The Jesus Lizard
The Jesus Lizard
The Jesus Lizard
The Jesus Lizard
The Jesus Lizard
David Yow told Songfacts:
That record has two songs that were written about the landlord that my wife and I had at the time, and Thumbscrews is one of them. The landlord who started out to be a really, really swell guy, and he just really seemed great, and we never understood what the problem was....
My hands are really shaking
I cannot hardly walk
We're gonna ask the landlord
Why he's been such a cock
If he starts into lying
We'll know it right away
We're only gonna ask him
Just to hear what he will say
Then we will get the thumbscrews
And put him in his place
Leave a great big hole
Where he used to keep his face
Then one more time we'll ask him
Why he's been the way he's been
And then we'll get the thumbscrews
And start all over again
If you've got fun ideas
Of lots of different ways
That we could jack this jackass
And torture him for days
We all sit there relaxing
While he's bleeding from his ears
That fucker's had it coming
Just shy of seven years
My hands are really shaking
I cannot hardly walk
We're gonna ask the landlord
Why he's been such a cock
Thumbscrews was written by Mac McNeilly & David William Sims & Duane Denison & David Yow.
Thumbscrews was produced by Garth Richardson.
The Jesus Lizard released Thumbscrews on Tue Apr 16 1996.