This song was mentioned by SDShad back on Halloween 2001, and it aroused my curiosity, so here it is. Wikipedia tells me Cledus T. Judd is famous for doing parodies of country-music songs and has been called “the Weird Al Yankovic of country music.” (What? Has everyone forgotten Homer and Jethro?) If this one is a parody, I don’t know the original.


HANKENSTEIN
As recorded by Cledus T. Judd on “Did I Shave My Back for This?” 1998.

Hankenstein!

Midnight in Montgomery, full moon shinin’ on a shack,
For a country-music legend is about to be brought back.
Cledus got the idea from the late-night Creature Feature,
And figgered he would foller a simular procedure.

Hankenstein!

Now, laid out on the table is the body of a man
In a white suit, cowboy boots, an’ a guitar in his han’.
He’s hooked up to a tractor with a set o’ jumper cables,
And if anything could start a cold, cold heart, a John Deere should be able.

Now what’s about to happen here is nothin’ less than shockin’,
With a record player in the corner blarin’ “Hey, Good Lookin’.”
That foot begins to tap along with that ol’ forty-five,
And you could hear ol’ Cledus yellin’: “Oh-oh! It’s alive!”

Hankenstein!

CHORUS: He’s a honky-tonkin’ monster. (Hankenstein!)
He’s a honky-tonkin’ monster. (Hankenstein!)
He’s a honky-tonkin’ monster. (Hankenstein!)
He’s a honky-tonkin’ monster. (Hankenstein!)

In no time Hankenstein is mo-oanin’ the blues,
And Cledus has decided that it’s time to spread the news.
They’ll hit the road and put on shows all over the nation.
Yeah, he’s gonna be the next country music sensation.

Hankenstein!

Ev’ryone still loves to hear the tale of ol’ “Kaw-Liga,”
And they all sing an’ dance when he cuts loose on “Jambalaya.”
Playin’ on the Opry stage was his final test.
Now Hankenstein has become a monster success.

Hankenstein!

CHORUS

Lovesick in a hotel near the Mason-Dixon line,
Hankenstein is sittin’ there so lonesome he could cry.
He’s had it with the life he leads, singin’ all them tunes.
Now he’s out there somewhere honky-tonkin’, howlin’ at the moon.

Hankenstein!

CHORUS

Hankenstein!

He’s a honky-tonkin’ monster.