Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
As far as I know, no official studio version of this song exists.
Sue and Dwight occasionally perform this song on their Wednesday night livestreams and I love it.
Their website is sueanddwight.com and they are also on YouTube at youtube.com/@SueandDwight?si=DTP-uM7LvlA00BOU
Original words and music by Dwight Peters
(I hope I got most of the words right since I was just going by what I think I heard during the livestream)
As far as I know, no official studio version of this song exists.
Sue and Dwight occasionally perform this song on their Wednesday night livestreams and I love it.
Their website is sueanddwight.com and they are also on YouTube at youtube.com/@SueandDwight?si=DTP-uM7LvlA00BOU
Original words and music by Dwight Peters
(I hope I got most of the words right since I was just going by what I think I heard during the livestream)



![That Fighting Brood
[Verse 1]
There must be an investigation
Down at the police station
That fighting brood
Has made the news
They’re skilled with homemade weapons
I’ve heard they’re trained at vivisection
Don’t cross their path
They’ll kick your ass
[Chorus]
They say LuAnn sees things at midnight
They say LuAnn gets things confused
Nobody says that when I mention
That fighting brood
[Verse 2]
There was another detonation
Behind the railway station
That fighting brood
Has made the news
They’re experts in propulsion systems
I’ve heard they favour night excursions
Bring washing in
And lock the bin
[Chorus]
They say LuAnn jumps at shadows
They say LuAnn cries wolf too soon
Nobody says that when I mention
That fighting brood
[Verse 3]
There was a further complication
Beside the power substation
That fighting brood
Has made the news
They’re trained in chemical reactions
I’ve heard they move in small detachments
Bolt every door
They’re out once more
[Bridge]
I asked my bridge club point blank Tuesday
If I was sounding like LuAnn
They said, “You’ve always had good judgment”
And passed the cards back round again
So if the girls aren’t calling nonsense
And no one says I’ve lost the plot
I’d say the odds are overwhelming
This brood exists whether or not
The mayor admits
The mayor admits
[Verse 4]
The cleverest kids in town all meet there
At science club with all their neat gear
My grandson too
Knows what to do
[Verse 5]
I’ll ask him for an explanation
He studies their experimentation
That fighting brood
Has made the news
He looked uncomfortable and nervous
And said their work was mostly harmless
He stirred his tea
Avoiding me
[Final Chorus]
They say LuAnn sees things at midnight
They say LuAnn gets things confused
Nobody says that when I mention
That fighting brood
They say LuAnn jumps at shadows
They say LuAnn cries wolf too soon
Nobody says that when I mention
That fighting brood That Fighting Brood](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/OcG5k2XHlDg/mqdefault.jpg)


![Orielle
Orielle
[verse 1]
Orielle works the late shift now
Black wool sweater, tired mouth
I buy cigarettes I don’t need
Just to hear her talk to me
Stand outside beneath the light
Rain comes down most every night
She lets strangers drift on through
Orielle, I wanna go home with you
[chorus]
How many bad loves
How many last calls
How many nights watching you fall
Do I wait through
Till I get you?
Orielle
Orielle
[verse 2]
My friends say I move too slow
Maybe they’re right, I don’t know
Every night I buy the same thing
Hoping she remembers me
Heard she left another flat
Another drunk she won’t call back
Another box beside the curb
Another year outside her world
[chorus]
How many dead stars
How many cheap bars
How many boys
Do you go through
Till you let me
Go home with you?
Orielle
Orielle
[bridge]
I don’t wanna save your soul
I just wanna grow old slow
Watch TV and fall asleep
Put your cold feet next to me
[outro]
How many bad dreams
How many maybes
How many strangers call you “Baby”
Till your whole world
Lets me in?
Orielle
Orielle
Orielle Orielle](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PEJQym1tfuo/mqdefault.jpg)



