way back in history along the nordic coast that was the sound all the people feared the most it would echo thru the night up and down the foggy fj ord it was erik and the bloodthirsty horde chorus erik the awful the brutal and tenacious erik the awful the ruthless and courageous subtle as a chainsaw lacking all the social graces you can run but you cannot hide yes and as the oars of the sleek fierce viking ship cut thru the water like knives thru the fog shrouded nordic sea transporting the wild marauding band of viking heathens stealthily towards their unsuspecting slumbering victims there he stood on the foredeck erik the awful the wildest bloodthirstiest viking of them all he had a hairy head a hairy face hairy chest hairy legs hairy boots and a hairy hat shaped like a big bullet with horns comin out the sides and once he started after ya he d never stop he d turn to his oarsmen in his 37 oared fj ord and he d say morden borden fjorden gorden which was viking for ya hoo ravage pillage plunder maim and put big hickeys on all them fair damsels chorus and it was erik the awful the brutal and tenacious erik the awful mercy sakes and goodness gracious his appetite for slaughter was simply voracious you gotta sleep with your sneakers by your side yes and when the villagers heard that awful battle cry ya hooooooooooo that s the one they would run for their lives fleeing over hills and thru valleys to the river whereupon they would walk mid stream for 37 and 1 2 miles climbing out on the low lying branch shinnying down a young sapling onto rocky ground and leaping from stone to stone until they arrived one week later at a secret cave 97 miles away and as they sat down for the first time to catch their breath outside they heard  ya hoooo morden borden fjorden gorden chorus yes it was erik the awful the brutal and tenacious erik the awful turned up in the darndest places subtle as a chainsaw lacking all the social graces you can run but you cannot hide oh and this time they cut south to paris bought tickets on the orient express to istanbul hired a u haul to the coast jumped a greek freighter across the mediterranian sea to mon golia hooked up with a camel caravan into the heart of the gobi desert and as they paused at an oasis to lift one handful of cool water to their parched lips over their shoulder they heard ya hoooo morden borden fjorden gorden they fled to calcutta ya hoooooooo they fled to the himalayas ya hoooooooo tokyo ya hoooooooo toronto ya hoooooooo toledo and heyhailea georgia ya hoooooooo but it was no use they finally succumbed to a savage plundering and pillaging followed by a big hickey party on the outskirts of what is now washington dc where the decendants of erik can still be found today working as special agents for the irs erik later amassed a small fortune posing for molly hatchet album covers and did stuntwork for arnold schwartzenegger in conan the barbarian he also won an academy award for his dual role as a train wreck and his tender portrayal of king kong s daddy oh you might remember the end of that one there wasn t a dry eye in the house when he married the empire state building and who could forget the evening he ate the entire kingdom of the east with no sugar chorus erik the awful the brutal and tenacious erik the awful the hungry and voracious subtle as a chainsaw lacking all the social graces you can run but you cannot hide ya hooooooooooo 
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