I have let a
spider
loose in your
house old flame
and though
she will probably
have moths
for breakfast
Believe me
she makes a venom
stronger
than she needs
I have let a
spider
loose in your
house old flame
and though
she will probably
have moths
for breakfast
Believe me
she makes a venom
stronger
than she needs
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Scroll ~51 minutes into http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?sched=1239 and listen.
Thanks, Arielle, those are fantastic.
Since writing this I've realized that if a person doesn't recognize the parody immediately he may find this version a little hostile, which it is, but only in service of the gag.
Handful of audio recordings of Williams reading the original version here:
http://writing.upenn.edu/pennsound/x/Williams-WC.html