Mott the Hoople and the game of Life.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Andy Kaufman in the wrestling match.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Monopoly, Twenty one, checkers, and chess.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Mister Fred Blassie in a breakfast mess.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Let's play Twister, let's play Risk.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
See you in heaven if you make the list.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Now, Andy did you hear about this one?
Tell me, are you locked in the punch?
Hey Andy are you goofing on Elvis?
Hey, baby.
Are we losing touch?
If you believed they put a man on the moon, man on the moon.
If you believe there's nothing up my sleeve, then nothing is cool.
Moses went walking with the staff of wood.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Newton got beaned by the apple good.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Egypt was troubled by the horrible asp.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Mister Charles Darwin had the gall to ask.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Now Andy did you hear about this one?
Tell me, are you locked in the punch?
Hey, Andy are you goofing on Elvis?
Hey, baby.
Are you having fun?
If you believed they put a man on the moon, man on the moon.
If you believe there's nothing up my sleeve, then nothing is cool.
Here's a little agit for the never-believer.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Here's a little ghost for the offering.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Here's a truck stop instead of Saint Peter's.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Mister Andy Kaufman's gone wrestling [wrestling bears]. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Now Andy did you hear about this one?
Tell me, are you locked in the punch?
Hey Andy are you goofing on Elvis, hey baby, are we losing touch?
If you believed they put a man on the moon, man on the moon.
If you believe there's nothing up their sleeve, then nothing is cool.
If you believed they put a man on the moon, man on the moon.
If you believe there's nothing up their sleeve, then nothing is cool.
If you believed they put a man on the moon, man on the moon.
If you believe there's nothing up their sleeve, then nothing is cool.
If you believed they put a man on the moon, man on the moon.
If you believe there's nothing up their sleeve, then nothing is cool.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Andy Kaufman in the wrestling match.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Monopoly, Twenty one, checkers, and chess.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Mister Fred Blassie in a breakfast mess.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Let's play Twister, let's play Risk.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
See you in heaven if you make the list.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Now, Andy did you hear about this one?
Tell me, are you locked in the punch?
Hey Andy are you goofing on Elvis?
Hey, baby.
Are we losing touch?
If you believed they put a man on the moon, man on the moon.
If you believe there's nothing up my sleeve, then nothing is cool.
Moses went walking with the staff of wood.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Newton got beaned by the apple good.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Egypt was troubled by the horrible asp.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Mister Charles Darwin had the gall to ask.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Now Andy did you hear about this one?
Tell me, are you locked in the punch?
Hey, Andy are you goofing on Elvis?
Hey, baby.
Are you having fun?
If you believed they put a man on the moon, man on the moon.
If you believe there's nothing up my sleeve, then nothing is cool.
Here's a little agit for the never-believer.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Here's a little ghost for the offering.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Here's a truck stop instead of Saint Peter's.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Mister Andy Kaufman's gone wrestling [wrestling bears]. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Now Andy did you hear about this one?
Tell me, are you locked in the punch?
Hey Andy are you goofing on Elvis, hey baby, are we losing touch?
If you believed they put a man on the moon, man on the moon.
If you believe there's nothing up their sleeve, then nothing is cool.
If you believed they put a man on the moon, man on the moon.
If you believe there's nothing up their sleeve, then nothing is cool.
If you believed they put a man on the moon, man on the moon.
If you believe there's nothing up their sleeve, then nothing is cool.
If you believed they put a man on the moon, man on the moon.
If you believe there's nothing up their sleeve, then nothing is cool.
Lyrics submitted by Novartza
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This I believe is the significance of stype's copious references to games such as 21 risk monopoly and the like. He also associates in the same context as these games, common stories, or myths, such as moses and staff, egypt and the snake, and newton and the proverbial apple, and of course, the man on the moon - which ultimately is a story or image for us since none of can BEGIN to experience this directly. I recall some interesting movie in the 80's where the premise was that the moon experience was all trumped up and contrived...
In the same way that andy could manipulate the breakfast with blassie, maybe there will be a truck stop instead of st peter's.
These are some initial impressions of the song. I did have a question on what stype meant by 'never believers'. 'Belief' in my analysis sketched here would be tantamount to knowing appearance, or a set of self consistant premises and propositions such as in a game like monopoly or in a wrestling match (not 'knowledge' or 'reality').
By the way, the first line of the final stanzay is "Here's a little legend for the never-believer." It's about the theory that he faked his death (truck-stop instead of Saint Peter's.)
adjit is a verb being to "shake-up" or "stir" so what you are saying still makes sense.
The alternating lines of religion and science (Moses / Newton / Egypt / Darwin) reflect the conflict between faith and fact. The second line of the refrain (up my sleeve / nothing is cool) points out that without some mystery, the march of progress does little to inspire wonder. The never-believer is you.
Anxiously awaiting my jetpack, universal translator, and a cure for cancer... Ooh look, 5 channels of home shopping network! Yeah, this is the future we wanted. Do you feel short-changed?
~ Josh
1) religious
Moses / Egypt / St. Peter's
2) scientific, maybe "flat" reality
Newton / Darwin, maybe the truck stop
3) Stipe's preference; Kaufmaneque irony--the game--goofin' on Elvis
We know that men landed on the moon & that Elvis & Andy are dead. But it's sometimes fun to pretend they aren't. Kinda like pro wrestling, no?
The "truck stop instead of st peters" refers to Andys death..did he fake it and go to a truck stop, or did he die and meet st peter? Then the answer.. Mr Andy Kaufman is off wrestling somewhere.. at least he is to the people who were never-believers, who never believed he was being serious. There is even a message to Andy. Have you heard about this? Is he still making fun of Elvis? Is he having fun (still being alive)?