Worm and the Rattlesnake

Lyrics

[Verse 1] I wanna take you to the Garden of Eden Where they play Duane Eddy not Bert Weedon Wanna mingle with the riff raff and be a rebel So echo the bass and turn up the treble Oh yeah, oh yeah I wanna smoke my cigarettes in peace I wanna brush out the parting and comb in the grease I wanna trade my tie for studs and buckles And tattoo your name across my knuckles Oh yeah [Verse 2] I wanna tell the world she belongs to me I wanna carve the news in the bark of a tree A cupid's heart with an arrow going through it The stupid part is even then I knew she was wrong for me Oh yeah (Oh yeah) I was as jealous as hell 'cause he was just a kid And he could walk on the waltzers like Jesus did He said, "You try it," I said, "It's a piece of cake" But I knew he knew I was a worm not a rattlesnake Oh yeah [Verse 3] The summer rolled by like a white walled tyre Then the candy floss became barbed wire She said, "You're different, you're not the same You're just a Jew looking for a Christian name" Oh yeah (Yeah yeah yeah), oh yeah (Yeah yeah yeah) Then they chased me through a booming cage of arks Of hissing blue Flash Gordon sparks Where dodgems dance on clubbed iron feet Kicking each other to death to the beat Oh yeah [Verse 4] How come you still invade my dreams? You belong in my Quiff Street fairground teens I don't even know if she's still alive If she is, she's probably married with five kids by now Oh yeah And I wonder if her husband carries a gun? Did he throw away his life in a chicken run? You know I think she made a big mistake She should have fallen in love with the worm not the rattlesnake Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah