- Down in the studio
- engineers are preparing
- The recording booth for
- Weird Al's latest rendering
- When he finally barged in
- nearly scared them half to death
- Had lyrics in his hand and
- cheap whiskey on his breath
- He stepped in the booth
- the engineer asked for quiet
- His assistant leaned over, whispered "This'll be a riot!"
Al smiled as he sang, with a twinkle in his eye
"Merry Christmas to all -
- now you're all gonna DIE!"
The night Weird Al went tasteless
The night ol' Al went too far
Guess he ran out of good ideas
Guess Santa won't bring him that guitar
- The recording is done now
- on digital multi-track
- They take it to mixing
- now there's no turning back
- They finish the master
- and prepare it for production
- on CDs and cassettes
- with Dolby noise reduction
- They distribute to record stores
- onces they've made enough
- "It's Weird Al" people say
- "This thing's gotta be good stuff!"
- But when they get it home
- They hear "Santa Went Crazy"
- "This is just crap!" they say
- "Weird Al's gettin' lazy!"
The night Weird Al went tasteless
The night ol' Al went extreme
Violence and Santa don't go together
Scares children into having bad dreams
There's a petition from parents and the PTA
Demanding Attic pull the album from shelves
Saying "Santa shouldn't be depicted that way!"
Well sales start droppin' Attic Records is hoppin'
As the album starts floppin' they're all ready to cry
My my my my my my
Al used to be such a tasteful guy
- In no time, the album's in the red
Weird Al goes home and hides under his bed
"What was I thinking?" Al thinks to himself
"I knew I should've left these stupid lyrics on the shelf!"
Now the disgruntled public
- Starts knockin' on his door
- Yelling, "You hideous monster!
- Is nothing sacred anymore?"
- And so Weird Al learned
- if a little too late
- That if he goes too far, career death'll be his fate
They're talkin' bout - the night Weird Al went tasteless
The night Al went over the line
But I think he's learned his lesson
His next album will be just fine
- Wo, the night Weird Al went tasteless
The night ol' Al went too far
Guess he ran out of good ideas
Guess Santa won't bring him that guitar
Wo, guess Santa won't
- bring him that guitar
- Tell ya, guess Santa won't
- bring... him that guitar
