The Godfather, Part 3 [Concluded]

[TinCow]

Song Analysis:

Night 1:
Deaths: Tratorix, CountArach
Song: Karn Evil 9, First Impression, Part 2 by Emerson, Lake, and Palmer
Lyrics:

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Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends
We're so glad you could attend
Come inside! Come inside!
There behind a glass is a real blade of grass
be careful as you pass.
Move along! Move along!

Come inside, the show's about to start
guaranteed to blow your head apart
Rest assured you'll get your money's worth
The greatest show in Heaven, Hell or Earth.
You've got to see the show, it's a dynamo.
You've got to see the show, it's rock and roll ....

Right before your eyes we pull laughter from the skies
And he laughs until he cries then he dies then he dies
Come inside the shows about to start
Guaranteed to blow your head apart

You gotta see the show
It's a dynamo
You gotta see the show
It's rock and roll


Soon the Gypsy Queen in a glaze of Vaseline
Will perform on guillotine
What a scene! What a scene!
Next upon the stand will you please extend a hand
to Alexander's Ragtime Band
Roll up! Roll up! Roll up!
See the show!

Performing on a stool we've a sight to make you drool
Seven virgins and a mule
Keep it cool. Keep it cool.
We would like it to be known the exhibits that were shown
were exclusively our own,
All our own. All our own.
Come and see the show! Come and see the show! Come and see the show!
See the show!

Commentary: Seems like a song to welcome us all to the game. Then again, "Karn" in the title sounds a like like "khaan". Seireikhaan is murdered the following night.


Night 2:
Deaths: Seireikhaan, boudica
Perry Mason by Ozzy Osbourne
Lyrics:

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On his way to dinner when it took him by suprise
And with one pull of the trigger he would vanish overnight
Dancing by the roadside, holding on for dear life
Then a gun from out of nowhere made a widow of his wife

I dont mind, single file down the runway
Feelin fine, and Ill see you my friend
Over and over again

Who can we get on the case?
We need perry mason
Someone to put you in place
Calling perry mason

Riding painted horses, oh the kids they love it so
You can see it on their faces, how they love the wind to blow
Minding my own business like my mama always said
But if I dont try to help him they could wind up on the front page

I dont mind, draw the line then draw me an arrow
Feelin fine, then Ill see you my friend
Over and over again

Who can we get on the case?
We need perry mason
Someone to put you in place
Calling perry mason again, again

Wake me when its over, tell me its all right
Just keep on talking baby, Ive been doing this all night
How much did you give me, tell me itll be all right

Who can we get on this case?
We need perry mason
Someone to put you in place
Calling perry mason, again, again, again, again

Commentary: Appropriate theme for a mafia game. Perry Mason was a lawyer. I am a lawyer, and I was the next person killed. Is this a coincidence?

Alternate Theory: Perry Mason indicates that the Detective just died. The problem with this is that Perry Mason was a lawyer, not a detective.

Night 3:
Deaths: TinCow,
Woke Up This Morning by Alabama Three
Lyrics:

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I'm gonna take you down
Deep down to the front lines

You woke up this morning
Got yourself a gun,
Mama always said you'd be
The Chosen One.

She said: You're one in a million
You've got to burn to shine,
But you were born under a bad sign,
With a blue moon in your eyes.

You woke up this morning
All that love had gone,
Your Papa never told you
About right and wrong.

But you're looking good, baby,
I believe you're feeling fine,(shame about it),
Born under a bad sign
With a blue moon in your eyes.
Chorus
You woke up this morning
Got a blue moon in your eyes
You woke up this morning
Got a blue moon in your eyes

You woke up this morning
The world turned upside down,
Thing's ain't been the same
Since the Blues walked into town.
But you're one in a million
You've got that shotgun shine. (shame about it)
Born under a bad sign,
With a blue moon in your eyes.
You woke up this morning
Got a blue moon in your eyes
You woke up this morning
Got a blue moon in your eyes

When you woke up this morning everything you had was gone. By half past ten your head was going ding-dong.
Ringing like a bell from your head down to your toes,
like a voice telling you there was something you should
know. Last night you were flying but today you're so low
- ain't it times like these that make you wonder if
you'll ever know the meaning of things as they appear to
the others; wives, mothers, fathers, sisters and
brothers. Don't you wish you didn't function, don't you wish you
didn't think beyond the next paycheck and the next little
drink? Well you do so make up your mind to go on, ?cos
when you woke up this morning everything you had was gone.

woke up this morning,
woke up this morning,
woke up this morning,
You wanna be the Chosen One.

woke up this morning,
woke up this morning,
woke up this morning,
You got yourself a gun.

Commentary: Multiple references to guns, which is appropriate to the game, but doesn't lead to much. The only thing I can think of is once again the song title. Woke up in the Morning. What gets most of us up in the morning? Caffeine. What has caffeine? Jolt Cola. Guess who's killed the next night... (might be stretching this one a bit)

Night 4:
Deaths: Jolt
Escalator of Life by Robert Hazard
Lyrics:

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They got my Mazda at the E-Z Park It
At the rock & roll supermarket
Muzak music make me feel so funny
I went and spent all my money
We're riding on the escalator of life
We're shopping in the human mall
We're dancing on the escalator of life
Won't be happy 'til we have it all
We want it all
Escalator of life - up and down
Escalator of life - round and round
There's 111 choices
Don't listen to those little voices
I don't let the guilty feeling shake me
You can have your cake and eat it baby
We're riding on the escalator of life
We're shopping in the human mall
We're dancing on the escalator of life
Won't be happy 'til we have it all
Hey girl, I'm a personal friend of Gloria Vanderbilt
I got all the gold in the world around my neck
Come ride the steel dinosaur
Run wild in the jungle
Its a Zulu Nation
Seduction, sacrifice, a new sensation
Nothing ever changes
We're riding on the escalator of life
We're shopping in the human mall
We're dancing on the escalator of life
Won't be happy 'til we have it all

Commentary: The write-up specifically says "he seemed to be playing the song's climax over and over again." So, the climax of the song is important. Having never heard this song before, I don't know what the climax is. Triple number 111 indicates 777Ares777? Eating indicates Beefy? Dancing refers to (the mafia player formerly known as) Rythmic? Impossible for me to predict anything from this.

Alternate Theory: The reference to "Don't listen to those little voice" and "I don't let the guilty feeling shake me" are somehow important.

Conclusion: I think the songs are important, but nothing seems to click just right. I definitely feel like something is going on with them, particularly with the emphasis on the 'climax' of the N4 song, but I haven't found anything worth taking to the bank.