Verse One: On a charming little cattle farm
Near a pretty deadly lake
Was a very pregnant woman
And her husband, known as Jake
Though they lived in a big mansion
Down Robber Road a tad
It was at the farm the lady
bore the little Snicket lad
Chorus: And they took him, yea, they took him,
They took him far away
They took him in the dead of night
Beneath a moon of gray
They took him from the kitchen,
Like you'd take a midnight snack,
The V.F.D. they took him
and they never brought him back
Verse Two: He was lively, and intelligent,
and drank a lot of milk,
his crib was made of silver,
and his diapers sewn from silk
Both his siblings watched him,
and his mother and his dad,
But someone else was watching,
O'er the little Snicket lad
Chorus: And they took him, yea, they took him,
They took him far away
They took him in the dead of night
Beneath a moon of gray
They took him from the kitchen,
Like you'd take a midnight snack,
The V.F.D. they took him
and they never brought him back
They took him from the kitchen,
and dropped him on the way,
He fell up on the darkened ground
and tried to crawl away
Verse Three: One evening Jake was chopping wood
And his wife was at the mill
The two siblings were drinking tea
And the house was very still
They came in through the windows
Not the door which was the fad
A long black car was parked outside
For the little Snicket lad
Chorus: And they took him, yea, they took him,
They took him far away
They took him in the dead of night
Beneath a moon of gray
They took him from the kitchen,
Like you'd take a midnight snack,
The V.F.D. they took him
and they never brought him back
Coda: "When we grab you by the ankles
Where our mark is to be made
you'll soon be doing noble work
Although you won't be paid
When we drive away in secret
You'll be a volunteer
So don't scream where we take you
THE WORLD IS QUIET HERE.
