He reuses the verse melody from the previous album's "Dirty Little Religion", the topics of the verses are all over the place, and he packs too many words into one line (goes to show...) and too few in another (it's pretty hard to find), and rhymes "Henley Regatta" with "Persona non grata", but gets away with it all as only he could.
Nothing ever happens so don't stand in line
It's knowledge in the back of the mongoose of time
Broke my fist on her nose
The sceptre'd ages are on loan.
The thinner you are when you die,
The closer you get to your bones.
Sergeant Sux was moving up
Inside the realm of TV
"You know, I bet you been going down"
He said to me
"But you need a disciplined eye,
And I'd be pleased to drop on by.
And I think you need something hard and heavy,
Something I can use.
I'll speak to some of the credit boys
That'll spare you some abuse."
It's knowledge in the back of the mongoose of time
Broke my fist on her nose
The sceptre'd ages are on loan.
The thinner you are when you die,
The closer you get to your bones.
Sergeant Sux was moving up
Inside the realm of TV
"You know, I bet you been going down"
He said to me
"But you need a disciplined eye,
And I'd be pleased to drop on by.
And I think you need something hard and heavy,
Something I can use.
I'll speak to some of the credit boys
That'll spare you some abuse."
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i believe these are unofficial.
"sceptre'd ages" might be "except for the ages". that's the only part that i was unsure of.