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Boris The Spider
Look, he’s crawling up my wall
Black and hairy, very small
Now he’s up above my head
Hanging by a little thread
Boris the spider
Boris the spider
Now he’s dropped on to the floor
Heading for the bedroom door
Maybe he’s as scared as me
Where’s he gone now, I can’t see
Boris the spider
Boris the spider
Creepy, crawly
Creepy, crawly
Creepy, creepy, crawly, crawly
Creepy, creepy, crawly, crawly
Creepy, creepy, crawly, crawly
Creepy, creepy, crawly, crawly
There he is wrapped in a ball
Doesn’t seem to move at all
Perhaps he’s dead, I’ll just make sure
Pick this book up off the floor
Boris the spider
Creepy, crawly
Creepy, creepy, crawly, crawly
He’s come to a sticky end
Don’t think he will ever mend
Never more will he crawl ’round
He’s embedded in the ground
Boris the spider
Boris the spider
Boris the Spider is a song by the rock band The Who, taken from their second album, A Quick One.
This was the first Who song written by their bass player, John Entwistle, although he claims "Whiskey Man" was his first. The Who's lead guitarist, Pete Townshend, ordered Entwistle to write a song for the Who's second album. To encourage the band to write their own songs, their record company offered them a £500 advance if each member wrote a song on the album.[citation needed]
John Entwistle was afraid of spiders as a child. He wrote it about seeing a spider crawling from the ceiling and squashing it. He also based the song on a conversation he had had the night before with the Rolling Stones bass player Bill Wyman, in which they suggested silly names for animals. Despite Entwistle writing this song as a joke, it became a crowd favorite. It is a far cry from other Who songs which are more serious than this one.
After Entwistle wrote this, he started wearing a spider medallion at concerts. It is also considered a live favorite throughout their career. |
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