Two Lips

"Two Lips" is a song by The Residents, featured as the fourth track on their album Animal Lover, released March 28th 2005 by Mute Records.
The song features a group chorus performed by Kalonica McQuesten, Jen Tait, Cynthia Vasquez, Eric Oberthaler and R. Bhakti Klein. Its lyrics (inspired by a real-life "tulip mania" that overtook Netherlands in 1637) include the repeated phrase "Buy Or Die!", a slogan associated with the Ralph Records mail order catalogs of the 1970s and 1980s.
A short instrumental version is also featured as the third untitled track on the album's bonus disc, "...Imaginary Jack". In 2008, an extended instrumental mix of the song was released on the limited edition album Animal Lover Instrumental.
==Lyrics==
 Oh, we have to buy a tulip
 Yes, we have to buy a tulip
 Oh, we have to buy a tulip
 So we'll sell our home
 And we'll sell our clothes
 And we'll sell our shoes
 Everything we own
 We'll sell to you
 Well, my doctor bought a tulip
 And my banker bought a tulip
 And my lawyer bought a tulip
 So I'll buy one, too
 Maybe I'll buy ten
 Maybe I'll buy more
 All my friends have scored
 Tulips galore
 YES! WE HAVE TO BUY!
 NO! WE DON'T KNOW WHY!
 YES! WE'LL BUY OR DIE!
 YES! WE HAVE TO BUY!
 NO! WE DON'T KNOW WHY!
 YES! WE'LL BUY OR DIE!
 NO! WE DON'T KNOW WHY!
 YES! WE'LL BUY OR DIE!
 Would you like to buy a tulip?
 Would you like to buy a tulip?
 Would you like to buy a tulip?
 You can pick and choose
 I have sold my wife
 And my children, too
 I have nothing but tulips to lose
 NO!
 YES! WE HAVE TO BUY! 
 NO! WE DON'T KNOW WHY!
 YES! WE'LL BUY OR DIE!
== Credits ==
* Kalonica McQuesten, Jen Tait, Cynthia Vasquez, Eric Oberthaler, R. Bhakti Klein - group vocals
==List of releases==
*Animal Lover (2005) San Anselmo studio recording, March 2001 - December 2004 (2:43) San Anselmo studio recording, March 2001 - December 2004 ("...Imaginary Jack" version, 1:38)
*Animal Lover Instrumental (2008) San Anselmo studio recording, March 2001 - December 2004 (instrumental mix, 3:33)
===List of versions===
==See also==
*Buy Or Die!
==External links and references==
*Animal Lover at The Residents Historical
*Animal Lover at Discogs
*"Two Lips" at Genius
Category:Songs
Category:Animal Lover
Category:Buy Or Die!