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The Inquisition

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The Inquisition

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The inquistion

Let's begin

The inquistion

Look out sin

We have a mission

To convert the Jews

(Jew ja Jew ja Jew ja Jews)

We're gonna teach

Them wrong from right

We're gonna help

Them see the light

And make an offer

That they can't refuse

(That the Jews just can't refuse)

Confess (confess, confess)

Don't be boring

Say yes (say yes, say yes)

Don't be dull

A fact

You're ignoring

It's better to lose

Your skullcap

Than your skull

The inquistion, what a show

The inquistion, here we go

We know you're wishing

That we'd go away

But the Inquistion's here

And it's here to stay

The inquistion, oh boy

The inquistion, what a joy

The inquistion, oy oy

I was sitting

In a temple

I was minding

My own business

I was listening

To a lovely Hebrew mass

Then these papus

Persons plunge in

And they throw me in a

Dungeon, and they shove

A red hot poker up my ass

Is that considerate?

Is that polite?

And not a tube

Of Preparation H in sight

I'm sitting

Plicking chickens

And I'm looking

Through the pickings

And suddenly these guys

Bring down my balls

I didn't even know them

And they grabbed me

By the scrotum and

They started

Playing ping pong

With my balls

Oy, the agony

Ooh, the shame

To make

My privates public

For a game

The inquistion, what a show

The inquistion, here we go

We know you're wishing

That we'd go away

But the inquistion's here

And it's here to

Hey, Torquemada

Whaddaya say?

I just got back

From the auto-da-fé

Auto-da-fé

What's an auto-da-fé?

It's what you oughtn't

To do but you do anyway

Skit skat voodely

Vat tootin de day

Will you convert?

No, no, no, no

Will you confess?

No, no, no, no

Will you revert?

No, no, no, no

Will you say yes?

No, no, no, no

Now I ask in a nice way

I said pretty please

I bent their ears

Now I'll work on their knees

Hey, Torquemada

Walk this way

We got a little game

That you might wanna play

So pull that handle

Try your luck

Who knows, Torq

You might win a buck

Alright

Put it in the car

(In the car 2x)

How we doing?

Any converts today?

Not a one, nay, nay, nay

We've flattened

Their fingers

We branded their buns

Nothing is working

Send in the nuns

The Inquistion, what a show

The Inquistion, here we go

We know you're wishing

That we'd go away

So, c'mon you Moslems

And you Jews

We got big news

For all of yous

You better change

Your point of views today

'Cause the inquistion's here

And it's here to stay

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