Harry Nilsson - Who Done It? Lyrics
It was a rainy night and all the windows were tightAnd there were thirteen people in the houseThe owner and his wife, the butler and his wifeCook with her knife, a couple named Smythe.The Andersons were there with another strange pairAnd the scary caretaker and meThe clock struck one, there was the sound of a gunAnd I heard somebody run away.And the twelve who were alive had terror in their eyesAnd I overheard the Andersons say...'Who could have done it ?''Who could have done it ?'And I wonder where's the cook and her knife'Madam' - said Adam with his wife by his side'It was the shot we heard that took her life'.The other couple named Sloan and I ran to the phoneTo call the police but just thenAll the power went out and we heard a great shoutAnd we knew for someone else it was the end.And when the power came on, we were shocked with alarmFor instead of being twelve, we were ten.Who could have done it?Who could have done it?The Andersons were such a nice pair.Now the owner and his wife, both afraid for their lifeSo they hurried to the door to run awayBut before they got there, there was a whistle through the airThen another, then they both had passed away.There were seven of us left now, afraid of death nowBut I knew it wasn't me or the Sloans'Cause when the power went out and we heard the others shoutWe were out there in the hallway on the phone.That left the butler and his wife and the couple named SmytheAnd the old scary caretaker tooSo the Sloans and I, who were both afraid to dieHad to think of something quick we could do.So we called the Smythes and the butler and his wifeAnd we gathered in the drawing roomBut before we could call for the caretaker tooIt was too late for he had met his doom.It looked like poison.That left five, five, five were still aliveThe Sloans, the Smythes and myselfOnce again the lights went out and I heard a great shoutFrom both the Smythes and the Sloans.And then the lights came on again and I looked around againAnd everybody was dead and I was alone.Well, I must have passed out for the next thing I knewI was awakened with my hands in chainsThere was a man with a gun and he said: 'Don't bother, son''You'll have plenty of time to explain'.I was rushed to a car, then taken to a cellAnd a lawyer came in and said his nameHe said: 'I'm sure you told the truth but the truth is, my boy''To believe in the judge would be insane'.'Now before I pass sentence on you, have you anything to say?'I said: 'Are you kiddin'?'I said: 'This must be a dream' - I said: 'This can't be real''You don't believe a word that I've said'.And then he looked me in the eye and said: 'Have mercy on his soul'And I was hanged by the neck until dead, have mercy.Hey, wait a minute, hey, stopHey, would you mind rewinding that last sentence?I mean, hanged by the what?Until when?Hey, listen, I think you made a little, I mean I think you made a large mistake hereFirst of all, I was in Colorado having breakfast with a nun, OK?What do you mean? There's nothing to get hung up aboutI mean, you should be in hereHey, you ever heard of the word appeal?Well, I'm about to appeal you off that bench in a minute unless you change that decisionListen, I got a lot, I mean I had a lot of friends in this townHey, I want to see my congress man.