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the Morel Special

from GHOULISH by Midnight Review Presents

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lyrics

THE MOREL SPECIAL

McTavish stopped in Fraserwood, he was running out of gas.
If it wasn't for that lunatic he would have made it last.
But when that fucker who was tailing him had the balls to pass,
he swerved to cut 'em off and in the mirror saw 'em crash.
He pulled into the station where it looked like someone lived.
But only the blackened windows were staring back at him.

He saw a poster for a Sesame Street figurine -
you used to get one every time you stopped for gasoline.
The only place in Fraserwood that looked like it was open
was the Morel Restaurant & Bar, with its 2 for 1 promotion.

McTavish walked across the street, starved and anti-social.
Inside, he took the only seat unoccupied by locals.
They all looked like potatoes, each of them a bumpy mess.
One woman either had three eyes, or one hell of an abscess.

"What's the 2 for 1?" he asked the waiter when she came.
"Another Morel Special, is it? I'll make it once again.
It's the wild mushroom version of the tastiest champaign,
and as I told you last time, pairs well with Chardonnay."

"Look, Lady," said McTavish, "I'm not who you think I am.
You can cook me anything you want, as if I give a damn."
The pump across the street," he said, "Who owns the J & J's?"
She shook her head, said "No one has since 1998.

One Morel Special coming up." "Hey! But the sign said 2 for 1."
"Promotion's over," she replied, "It's that or nothing, hun."
The restaurant was packed with suits and aging civil servants
whose skins were red and molding and flaked as if they'd burned it.
This shitty little town smells like a hunk of rotting cabbage.
I should have played it safe and got the chicken and cheese sandwich.

And then someone behind him barked "Do you fuck pigs, McTavish?!
I bet you do, you dress 'em too in pink nylon and spandex."
The waiter yelled, "Hey, cut it out! I've had it with you, Travis.
Don't bother paying customers, and watch your fucking language."

She brought the Morel Special, threw the plate down on his table,
a thick and meaty mushroom on a fresh everything bagel.
It tasted like a sponge but with a strangely beefy flavour,
like a bloated marinated tongue, familiar, like a neighbour.
When the walls began to move McTavish knew something was wrong.
His hands erupted in what looked like yellow parmesan.
He felt something balloon out of his forehead like an arm,
a mushroom like the one he ate wriggled like a worm.
He looked over at Travis who had turned into a pig,
and who was putting on pink spandex and 7/8 length leggings.
"You poisoned me, you bastards!" McTavish stumbled to his feet.
"For you," the waiter's voice harassed him, "the Morel Special's free."

He ran out of the restaurant, his mind was getting hazy.
Is it just me or has everyone in Fraserwood gone crazy?
He found his Ford Sonoma running, and there upon the dash
was an Oscar the Grouch figurine and a quarter tank of gas.

His face began to morph, he felt his eyes bulge out on stalks.
His throat was foaming mucus, and he coughed and coughed and coughed.
He sped away from Fraserwood, that decomposing town,
terrified all he could do was make a gurgling sound.
He saw a truck ahead of him. He flashed and honked his horn.
But the asshole tried to run him off the road at every turn.
He saw the licence plate was GYR 726,
and before he crashed he realized the licence plate was his.

credits

from GHOULISH, released October 31, 2021
The Famous Sandhogs - Lyrics/Vocals
thefamoussandhogs.bandcamp.com
Matthew Powers - Drum Kit/Percussion/Electric Guitar/Bass Guitar/Moog/Keyboard
AustinParachoniak - Electric Guitar

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