No Reptiles

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Slip from the trees to the dirt to the menace To the wild to the car, under snow, cut to ribbons Like a coral to your shin, like a manacle to swing Fresh from the breast, now a river running fat To the manor born a rat, to the manor born a flea To a flood to a drain, now a rubber, now a chain [Bridge] I was in the war You were in the war [Verse 2] Plump from the sugar-water pump With the city at your back to the cannon with a match From a milk into a mass grave, never mind that, I can take that Bones in a bowl like a toad-in-the-hole Take the shape of the mould like a mummy on a pole And a merry little head, bob around when you're dead [Bridge] I was on my knees You were on your knees [Chorus] And no reptiles Just soft boiled eggs in shirts and ties Waiting for the flashing green man Quivering and wobbling just like all the eggs you know [Bridge] I'm going to kill a stranger So don't you be a stranger [Refrain] Oh baby, it's alright, it's alright to feel Like a fat child in a pushchair, old enough to run Old enough to fire a gun Oh baby, it's alright, it's alright to feel Like a fat child in a pushchair, old enough to run Old enough to fire a gun Oh baby, it's alright, it's alright to feel Like a fat child in a pushchair, old enough to run Old enough to fire a gun Oh baby, it's alright, it's alright to feel Like a fat child in a pushchair, old enough to run Oh, old enough to fire a gun [Outro] Just give me this one night, just one night to feel Like I might be on the right path, the path that takes me home Wise enough to know myself Just give me this one night, just one night to feel Like I might be on the right path (Home) Old enough to fire a gun Just give me this one night, just one night to feel Like I might be on the right path, the path that takes me home Wise enough to know myself Just give me this one night, just one night to feel