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Thread #59393   Message #949305
Posted By: Jim Dixon
09-May-03 - 09:52 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: I've Got Triskaidekaphobia
Subject: Lyr Add: TRISCADECAPHOBIA / TRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA
Google gives:
triscadecaphobia - 84 hits
triscadekaphobia - 1 hit
triscaidecaphobia - 1 hit
triskadecaphobia - 101 hits
triskadecophobia - 2 hits
triskadekaphobia - 434 hits
triskadekophobia - 9 hits
triskaidecaphobia - 64 hits
triskaidekaphobia - 2820 hits
triskaidekophobia - 17 hits

Of course, most of those have nothing to do with music.

Lyrics transcribed from the sound file at http://www.borealisrecords.com/cd_choo_choo.html
(I give the title exactly as they give it.)

TRISCADECAPHOBIA

Triskaidekaphobia,
I got triskaidekaphobia,
And triskaidekaphobia
Has got me.

I open doors for claustrophobia,
And I wear glasses for myopia,
But that triskaidekaphobia
Won't let me be.

Now one, two, and three, they don't bother me,
And neither does four, five, six, and seven.
But I can't conceal the fear that I feel
When I hear the number that's two plus eleven.

I'll be living in utopia*
In a glorious utopia*
If triskaidekaphobia
Sets me free.

[*I think one of these words should have been "euphoria."]