The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen1989

Terner: Well, howdy there. Please pull up a chair, and don't leave me sittin' here alone. Mark me well, 'cuz I'm old as Hell. I'm the serpent coiled beneath the throne. I had a spree in gay Paree back when Robespierre was in town, And I subdued my hilarity when the heads came rolling down. Won't you please me? Won't you take a chance? Though it ain't easy, it's the way I like to dance. :I can recall watching Babel fall, an' I witnessed the decline of Rome. :Saw Samson shorn in no time at all, loaned Delilah my shears an' comb. My laughter grew with each child you slew, and I scorned each victim's cries. Wherever man's been, I've been too. I'm your friend who never dies. Come on and please me! Come on and take that chance! No, it ain't easy, but it's how I like to dance! While Dachau choked, and Nagasaki smoked, oh, how I joked! What fun I poked! And every cause and every fight, whether wrong or right, filled me with delight. I've met with popes and inquisitors from the Holy Roman See. Imams and priests have been my visitors, they're awwl workin' for me! Just try to please me! Just try to take a chance! Though it ain't easy, it's the way I'll make you dance! So where a tyrant learns humanity, or a victim learns to victimize, There you'll find me, I'm Mestopholes, in my most up-to-date disguise. So when you talk to me, speak courteously, no matter what my latest role. 'Cuz I'll be with you for eternity. I'm the one who owns your soul. Oh yeah, you please me, and you ain't got a chance. You can't appease me 'less you join me in my dance!