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Theme from Man​-​Bat

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When he was a kid, Tony was obsessed with Man-Bat, a DC Comics character created by Neal Adams and Frank Robbins. Man-Bat is a friend/ally of Batman’s—sometimes, anyway. His series only lasted for two issues, but he’s been a frequent guest star in the Batman books since the early 1970s. He’s even got his own Lego figure now. Tony’s poem in the song’s bridge is from the zine "Towards a Poetics of Man-Bat." He’s still waiting for issue #3.

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Kirk Langstrom, gonna drink a serum
Become Man-Bat, hangin’ in the museum
The evil jewel thieves are gonna jam the sonar
But here comes Man-Bat, so nobody's gonna go far.

Cuz he’s a Man-Bat, baby
Cuz he’s a Man-Bat, oh yeah

Man-Bat only lasted for 2 issues
Neil Adams got the kids cryin’ in their tissues
In his room in Pennsylvania, a little kid named Tony
Wasn’t done with Man-Bat
Thought there’s be more stories.

Cuz he’s a Man-Bat, baby
Cuz he’s a Man-Bat, oh yeah

Last night I dreamed I saw Man-Bat
on the side of the road, on a prison
work detail. He was, of course, winged
and naked (and furry) down to his belly,
wore nothing but the bottom of an orange
penitentiary jumpsuit belted at the waist.
Man-Bat and his fellow prisoners were
building a lung on the road shoulder
to inhale all the world’s air pollution . . .
Leave the man who is a bat alone.

Now Kirk is in Chicago, livin’ in a high rise
Gonna fight the bad guy, whose hands have got 10 eyes
He’s also got a wife now, a She-Bat named Francine
They’re wearin’ capes and muumuus; it’s a really heavy scene

Cuz he’s a Man-Bat, baby
Cuz he’s a Man-Bat, oh yeah
(x2)

Skree skree (etc.)

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from Pet Theories, released May 24, 2015

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Pet Theories Chicago, Illinois

Pet Theories is Tony Trigilio on drums, Brian Cremins on guitar and vocals, and Allison Felus on keyboard and vocals. They live, play, and create in Chicago.

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