A Serious Of Snakes - Wire

It looks serious

Is that a paper I see in your hand?

Then a pause for a German phrase

«Nie weider nie weider, nie weider nie weider»

Never again, none of your lip, y’tulip

Y’tulip, y’pea brained earwig

Y’punk, y’silver tongued snake

I’d rather make furniture than go to midnight mass

Y’tulip, y’pea brained earwig

Y’punk, y’silver tongued

Snake

He’s a genius in research, I simply fell in love

I’ve got your ZIP code

Over there U.S.A., green turbaned angels

Annex the right bank

Baby, in a shambolic sideshow

They abandoned the baby

The baby trained, baby returns

Baby kills Mary and Joseph

Y’tulip, y’pea brained earwig

Y’punk, y’silver tongued

Snake

Talk about laughing, I might have defeated cancer or so they say

Electrocuted, I was transformed into a foot soldier of the good general

Passionate for knights in the heart of ancient Persia

Fearless to go forth, fearless to adapt then blow to pieces

Y’tulip, y’pea brained earwig

Y’punk, y’silver tongued

Snake

Please send your god my very best wishes

Does he still sing?

Does he still fish?

Does he still help you on your days off?

Don’t stop that dripping

I prefer the old tortures

It’s only when you stop that I feel it

Y’tulip, y’pea brained earwig

Y’punk, y’silver tongued

Snake

When you lose the ship, it’s like losing a part of you

I have a sense of my exposure, it’s all on the neg

I try to use two instead of three, ah, but I have secrets

And there’s a story in me, it starts

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