Koorg & Gaar (Part II of the Io Jaxx trilogy)
Koorg was his name and his claim to fame
Was that he killed any one who would try to tame
him. He was vile and grotesque had a hunchback frame
He was a monster.
Yes, it's rhymed and metric, that because this story (and the others in the Io Cycle) started life as a song. Probably easiest to just let you listen to it. At the time the Gassmen recorded this song long fade-outs were in vogue and we were nothing if not au courant. Once the lyric starts repeating, it just fades. If you prefer reading to listening, the rest of the lyrics are below, just underneath the audio player.
Was that he killed any one who would try to tame
him. He was vile and grotesque had a hunchback frame
He was a monster.
Yes, it's rhymed and metric, that because this story (and the others in the Io Cycle) started life as a song. Probably easiest to just let you listen to it. At the time the Gassmen recorded this song long fade-outs were in vogue and we were nothing if not au courant. Once the lyric starts repeating, it just fades. If you prefer reading to listening, the rest of the lyrics are below, just underneath the audio player.
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Gaar was his pawn and his right-hand man
Who loved to torture and butcher whenever he can He had an ulcerous, puss-hide, slime-covered hand He was unsightly. Could it be here’s Io Jaxx? Trusty sword and fearsome axe Fights for good, drives evil back He’s our hero. Koorg lays his plan and he calls for Gaar Who comes to meet him on planet Vex-24 They start to pillage and plunder and rape the poor helpless planet Poison the water and scorch the land They’re causing death and destruction exactly as planned Their power’s growing and Io will need a hand He calls for Dexter Could it be here’s Dexter Eul Whiz with gizmos, master of tools Builds the means to finish the cruel Knights of darkness (break) Koorg tells the world what he has in store He aims to smother the planet Vex 24 A gas of acid to melt down rocks into ore He will release it. Everything breathing will live no more There will be nothing remaining except the ore Which Gaar will gather if he can just ignore The stinking carnage |
Dexter makes a gas of his own
Two parts flux and triphospherone Saves the planet, rescues the stone From a melt-down Koorg has a plan to escape the scene He uses Gaar in a way that is cruel and mean He makes him dive in a river of blue phosgene then he ignites it. Io and Dexter smell the fire Now Gaar is screaming in pain, as the flames grow higher When they arrive what they see is a blazing pyre They cannot help him Io sees Koorg trying to flee Swears that he will not let it be Overtakes him easily Koorg is captured (break) Sentence is read and there’s no appeal He will be sealed in a pod of flextron steel He will be hated by all and none will feel an ounce of pity Koorg was his name and his claim to fame Was that he’d kill anyone who had tried to tame him. He was vile and grotesque, had a hunchback frame He was a monster. Could it be here’s Io Jaxx? Trusty sword and fearsome axe Fights for good, drives evil back He’s our hero. |