The Masochism Tango Lyrics - An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer - Tom Lehrer

Another familiar type of lovesong is the passionate or fiery variety, usually in tango tempo, in which the singer exhorts his partner to haunt him and taunt him and, if at all possible, to consume 

With a kiss of fire. this particular illustration of this genre is called the masochism tango. 

I ache for the touch of your lips, dear, 

But much more for the touch of your whips, dear. 

You can raise welts 

Like nobody else, 

As we dance to the masochism tango. 

Let our love be a flame, not an ember, 

Say it's me that you want to dismember. 

Blacken my eye, 

Set fire to my tie, 

As we dance to the masochism tango. 

At your command 

Before you here I stand, 

My heart is in my hand. ecch! 

It's here that I must be. 

My heart entreats, 

Just hear those savage beats, 

And go put on your cleats 

And come and trample me. 

Your heart is hard as stone or mahogany, 

That's why I'm in such exquisite agony. 

My soul is on fire, 

It's aflame with desire, 

Which is why I perspire 

When we tango. 

You caught my nose 

In your left castanet, love, 

I can feel the pain yet, love, 

Ev'ry time I hear drums. 

And I envy the rose 

That you held in your teeth, love, 

With the thorns underneath, love, 

Sticking into your gums. 

Your eyes cast a spell that bewitches. 

The last time I needed twenty stitches 

To sew up the gash 

That you made with your lash, 

As we danced to the masochism tango. 

Bash in my brain, 

And make me scream with pain, 

Then kick me once again, 

And say we'll never part. 

I know too well 

I'm underneath your spell, 

So, darling, if you smell 

Something burning, it's my heart. 

Excuse me! 

Take your cigarette from its holder, 

And burn your initials in my shoulder. 

Fracture my spine, 

And swear that you're mine, 

As we dance to the masochism tango.