NIGHTMARE KILLA ©

Cajun Joe & Co.

Screeching Furies acrylic on paper

Lyrics: Linda Christy and Cajun Joe

Music: Cajun Joe & Co

Production: KaLixiuM Live ©

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it’s time to go nightmare huntin baby

oh suit up, show up, and bring all your weapons

cause it’s time to go sack us a bad one

gimme your monsters and your ghouls, baby

cause i’m the one who kills nightmares

i can take em to school and i’m nobody’s fool

i can make your demons all disappear

cause i’m the one who kills nightmares

i know your nightmares they haunt you.

but i’ve come to drown them in light

rip off the curtain and reveal them to sight

i devour their hate and i spit out the pain!

destroy all their lies and make it all right.

i never knew how the shadows could hide

the liars, the cheaters, the dealers and thieves

comin on strong with all their dreadful sin

and lies up their sleeves.

i discovered their deceptive ways

they come through your heart

so your head it won’t see

they devour your soul

so you’ll never be free

they show up in clusters,

slithering in with a grin,

eyes wide open,

hands outstretched,

singing c’mon won’t you let me come in?

i’m not here to hurt you, just to take what you give

hope you don’t mind while you bleed like a sieve

cause i’m the one who kills nightmares, baby

they don’t stand a chance around me

say goodbye to all your nightmares baby

cause the dark of night falls only so i can see.

hold down all those creatures of the night, baby

the lessons scare me more than the beasts

that’s when i stop and listen to my heart, baby

it’s when i see the light inside the heat.

cause i’m the one who kills nightmares

they’ll all be gone soon

right down that drain,

no more swirling in shadows

cause i’ll be shattering your demons

no more unbearable pain.

cause i’m the one who kills nightmares, baby

cause i’m the one who will set you free

i’m the one, i’m the one

baby, i’m the one.

cause i’m the nightmare killer, baby.

This song was inspired by a character who came to my house with an agenda. He sat down on the couch, looked me dead in the eyes, and said,

“I’m the one who kills nightmares!” You have things you want gone? I can fix it for you!

Instead, I wrote this song and sent it off to Joe, who returned TWO “killer” versions of this song.

After I played both versions of the song, repeatedly for a day or two, my yard was covered with dead nightmares. There were so many they started to smell! I had no idea what nightmares smelled like until then. They’ve since dissipated, and not so many new ones have shown up. At least I know how to get rid of them now if they do. Cajun Joe - Nightmare Hunter!

Here’s the other version.