That Old Back Scratcher (Album Version)

That Old Back Scratcher (Album Version) - Allan Sherman

That old back scratcher

Has me in its spell

That old back scratcher

Like the Chinese sell

Your plastic fingers up

And down my spine

The same old itchcraft

When your touch meets mine

You tame that tingle

When I'm all alone;

For I am single so

To itch his own

So down and down you go

Around and around

And around you go;

Scratching my unreachable zone

I should throw you away

But I never do;

I must give in to itchy skin

A skin with such a burning desire;

When I'm scratching low

The itching gets higher

Oh you're the scrubber

That placated me

That chased each place

That irritated me;

And then last night

You broke my heart

Because I sat down on you

Two hundred pounds on you

Then snap crack

Everything just went black

My wonderful old back

Scratcher fell apart

Yes you broke in half

And now you're too short;

I tried Scotch tape

As a last resort

But with Scotch tape

It wasn't the same;

The thrill that was

Wild is suddenly tame

But Old Man Sorrow will not get me down;

I leave tomorrow night for Chinatown

Alright I must follow Heaven's plan:

Around and around I'll go

Through Chinatown I'll go

Hoping to find another

One just like you

An old Chinese back scratcher

Made in Japan