Stephin Merritt - The Song Of The Assassin lyrics

My son it's important to remember people
When they're gone
One can set aside an hour or two for them

Oh, the red and purple men
Were rivals at court
The red one thought of life
As a violent sport
Where the losing guy deserves to die
Da da die, da da da da da die

So he hired an assassin to do the deed
But an honest man can't be killed for greed
Heaven does not like preemptive strike
Stra stra strike
Stra stra stra stra stra strike
But the killer had an order that
He would not dare disobey
So he found an oak tree where
He could bash his head and now he's dead
Deh deh dead, deh deh deh deh deh dead