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Pond Song

from V by Mal VU

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Frog tricks ladybug. Snake tricks frog. Something's going to get you in the pond at night.

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Pond Song ©1999

Frog on top of the dirty black water
sang to the ladybug watching nearby
Song about love, it couldn’t get much hotter
‘til he whipped out his tongue just to taste her die

“My, my,” the ladybug cried,
“Thought he was singing my song”
Sweet & sour did the notes devour
By the midnight hour she was gone.

“Well goodbye, bye,” the frog replied,
“I could have loved you but you gone & died.
Sooner or later you’d have realized:
Something’s gonna get you in the pond at night.”

Witness to this was the poisonous viper
hidden in the reeds so he could spy;
tip of his tail in the dirty black water
glowing like a worm in the moonlit sky.

“My, my,” the frog devised,
“Let me sing you a song.”
Slow and dour did the snake embour
By the twilight froggy was gone

“Well goodbye, bye,” the snake replied,
“You should have listened to your own advice:
Sooner or later you’d have realized:
Something’s gonna get you in the pond at night.”

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from V, track released January 1, 1999
Darrin Brown
Lesley Ann Fogle

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Mal VU Chicago, Illinois

Mal VU began in 1993 in Columbus, Ohio by performance artist Vena Gore (Lesley Ann Fogle) and Darrin Brown. After relocating to Chicago in 1998, Vena worked in various recording studios producing Mal Vu songs at night. Mal VU grew to include Traci Trouble and a slew of guest musicians from the Chicago scene. American gothic with dark narrative ballads. Members of After-Death Plan ... more

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