Lyrics

MUMMIFICATION WRAP
By Rick Quarles
Copyright 2009

If you’ve ever wondered___ just how it was done___
It was not very pretty__ and it was not much fun___
When you see the results__ it may churn your guts__
If you want a good example__ look at ‘ole King Tut’s______

It’s a form of embalmment____ ancient Egyptians tried___
On their kings and pharaohs__ who finally up and died___
They had a certain ritual___ for a really natural process__
In the desert of North Africa___ where bodies lay in rest___

[CHORUS]
The Mummification Wrap__ is what they liked to do__
It may seem kind of odd__ to me and you__
About what all they put__ a poor body through___
But in their culture and religion__ they believed it was true___
The Mummification Wrap__ They did the Mummification Wrap__
In pyramids way down in the ground______ Some ancient mummies can be found__ [Wrap it up_ now] {Vocal Break}
It’s really something to see____________ But a little bit sca_ry___ [Wrap it up_ now]

To preserve certain body parts__ was their main goal___
Things for gods to find__ when they’d take the soul__
They’d start with a corpse__ do it a certain way___
In order to stop the body__ from too much decay____

Washed__ in a natron solution they made__
Most internal organs removed__ rinsed, dried, and carefully laid __
In canopic jars__ placed in the body to dry out___
Using bandages__ to wrap them to stay safe with no doubt__

[CHORUS]
The Mummification Wrap__ is what they liked to do__
It may seem kind of odd__ to me and you__
About what all they put__ a poor body through___
Seventy days is it took____ give or take a few_____
The Mummification Wrap__ The Mummification Wrap_
In pyramids way down in the ground______ Ancient mummies lay scattered around__ [Wrap it up_ now] {Vocal Break}
It’s not a pretty sight____________ It can give you quite a fright___ [Wrap it up_ now]

[BRIDGE – TALK]
Mummification occurs naturally_ in deserts, bogs, and glaciers of ice__
Some civilizations used it__ for animals and humans as a ceremonial device__
The Egyptians and the Incas__ to name just two of a few___
That mummification process__ was something that they really knew__

When the body dried__ it was stuffed to keep its features and form__
Decorated with good luck charms and amulets__ was mostly the norm__
As it was wrapped__ many chants, spells and prayers were read__
To bring happiness to the spirit__ they used the Book of the Dead__

It was placed into a shroud__ a death mask on the face__
A symbol of elevation__ in the plane of an afterlife place_
So today we’re still finding__ ancient tombs of the past__
We learn about their lives__ cause’ mummification makes them last__

[CHORUS]
The Mummification Wrap__ it’s really so unique____
Let those mummies wrap__ just a movin’ to the beat___
If they could just sway and dance___ it’d be quite a show__
The more mummies we can find__ the more we know__
The Mummification Wrap__ The Mummification Wrap_
They did the Mummification Wrap__ The Mummification Wrap___
Wrap it up_ now__ Wrap it up_______
That’s right__ wrap it up__ just wrap it up__
I think that about wraps it up________
Okay_ I’m wrapping it up___
Hurry up_ I want out of here_ man_ quick as can be___
I don’t want that Curse of the Pharaohs coming down on me__