IT'S NOT LIFE (THE REANIMATOR'S SONG)
to the tune of "It's My Life" by Bon Jovi
lyrics © 2001 by Paul Estin (Feb. 17)

This ain't a song for the beating-hearted
I'm bringing back the dear departed
I ain't gonna settle for leavin' 'em dead
So listen to me while I stitch on the head...

(Chorus:)
It's not life!
But with power rejuv'ing
I can make this corpse start moving
I just wanna make him come alive  (it's... not... life...)
Just a little lab right off the highway
Like Frankenstein, I did it my way
I want to reanimate this guy  (But... it's not life!)

Inspired by Lovecraft and Mary Shelley
Add the voltage, or the body gets smelly!
Capture the lightning once it starts to rain
But what's that you said about "abnormal brain"?

(Chorus)
(Bridge)

Monster crashes through the lab walls
I cry "Come back!" but he ignores my calls
Now he's angry, destroying the city
<pause; no music; spoken:>
I think he needs a bride
<sung> who's really pretty...

(Final chorus:)
It's not life!
But with the power rejuv'ing
I can make this corpse start moving
I just wanna make her come alive  (it's... not... life...)
Just a little lab right off the highway
Like Frankenstein, I did it my way
I want to reanimate this gal  (But... it's... not... life)
(Coda:)
You say that I'm tamp'ring with nature
I've made a soulless, killing creature
It might just be that, possibly, you're right, that it's-- not-- life!