Death Cab for Cutie

(V. Stanshall)

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That night Cutie called a cab.: Baby, don't do it
She left her East Side room so drab.: Baby, don't do it
She went out alone in town
Knowing it would make her lover frown.: Death cab for Cutie; Death cab for Cutie
Someone's going to make you pay your fare.
The cab was racing through the night.: Baby, don't do it
His eyes, they were keeping Cutie in sight.: Baby, don't do it
When he saw Cutie it gave him a thrill
Don't you know that baby cabs can kill?: Death cab for Cutie; Death cab for Cutie
Someone's going to make you pay your fare.
Cutie, don't you play with fate.
Don't you leave your love alone.
If you go out on this date
His heart will turn to stone.
Bad girl Cutie, what have you done?: Baby, don't do it
Slipping, sliding down on Highway 31.: Baby, don't do it
The traffic lights change from green to red.
They tried to stop but they both wound up dead.: Death cab for Cutie; Death cab for Cutie
Someone's going to make you pay your fare.
Someone's going to make you pay your fare.: Someone's going to make you pay your fare
Someone's going to make you pay your fare.

Footnotes

Death Cab for Cutie

The title may have been inspired by the works of Hank Jansen, a pulp fiction writer c1960 and in particular Slay Ride for Cutie.

East Side room

There's a theory that this is "East Side drum", which would be a mix of New York and British slang ("drum" meaning gaff, lodgings...), in a song that is otherwise completely American. But that may be no stranger than "before the bed" in Big Shot.