Napoleon the Pop Star

[Drusilla]

My Dad has been telling me about a pop star in the 60's who sang songs about mental health issues. Is Dad pulling my leg again????

[haysi06]

Napoleon something - like the third I think sang 'they're coming to take me away haha'

[Machecoul]

Was Napoleon XIV

[Cappuccino]

Napoleon XIV's the man you're after.

http://www.oldies.com/artist/view.cfm/artist_2783.html

[haysi06]

cheers I knew it had a number in it! I used to love that song !

[lady_p_gold]

It had a very heavy catchy beat here are the lyrics

They're Coming to Take Me Away
Napoleon the 14th

Remember when you ran away
And I got on my knees and begged you
Not to go because I'd go berserk?
WELL,

You left me anyhow and
Then the days got worse and worse
And now you see I've gone completely
out of my mind,
AND

[chorus 1]
They're coming to take me away, Haha,
they're coming to take me away,
Ho ho, hee hee, ha ha,
To the funny farm
Where Life is Beautiful all the time
And I'll be happy to see
Those Nice Young Men
In their Clean White Coats
And they're coming to take me AWAY,
HA HAAAAA

You thought it was a joke,
and so you LAUGHED, YOU LAUGHED
When I had said that losing you
Would make me flip my lid,
RIGHT?

You know you laughed.
I HEARD you laugh, you laughed
And laughed and laughed
And then you left,
And now you see I'm Utterly Mad
AND

[chorus 2]
They're coming to take me away,
Haha, they're coming to take me away,
Ho ho, hee hee, ha ha,
To the Happy Home with Trees and Flowers
And Chirping Birds and basket weavers
Who sit and smile and
Twiddle their thumbs and toes
And they're coming to Take me Away,
HAHAAAAAAAAA

I cooked your food,
I cleaned your house,
And this is how you pay me back
For all my kind unselfish loving deeds
RIGHT?

Well, you just wait,
They'll get you yet,
And when they do, they'll put you in
the ASPCA, you mangy MUTT,
AND

(chorus 1)
(chorus 2)
(chorus 1 trailing into mumbles in the distance)

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[haysi06]

magic !! I am gonna be singing that all nite now!

[Drusilla]

Gosh!! Now that's what I call service. Thank you all very much.

[littleoldme]

Exhibit 946C from Littleoldme's House of Painfully Pointless Pop Trivia:

The B-side was the same song...but recorded backwards (told you it was pointless).