He certainly did earn that reputation.
Who's in the bunker? Who's in the bunker?
Women and children first, and the children first, and the children
I'll laugh until my head comes off
I'll swallow 'til I burst
Until I burst, until I
Who's in the bunker? Who's in the bunker?
I have seen too much, I haven't seen enough
You haven't seen it
I'll laugh until my head comes off
Women and children first, and children first, and children
Here I'm alive
Everything all of the time
Here I'm alive
Everything all of the time
Ice age coming, ice age coming
Let me hear both sides, let me hear both sides, let me hear both
Ice age coming, ice age coming
Throw it in the fire, throw it in the fire, throw him on the
We're not scaremongering
This is really happening, happening
We're not scaremongering
This is really happening, happening
Mobiles squirking, mobiles chirping
Take the money and run, take the money and run, take the money
Here I'm alive (-n first, and children)
Everything all of the time (-n first, and children)
Here I'm alive (-n first, and children)
Everything all of the time (-n first, and children)
Here I'm alive (-n first, and children)
Everything all of the time (-n first, and children)
Here I'm alive (-n first, and children)
Everything all of the time (-n first, and children)
(-n first, and children)
(-n first, and children)
(-n first, and children)
(-n first, and ch-)
(-n first, -n first, and children)
(-n first, and children)
(-n first, and children)
(-n first, and ch-)
(-n first, -n first, and children)
(-n first, and children)
(-n first, and children)
(-n first, and children)
(-n first, and children)
(-n first, and children)
Women and children first, and the children first, and the children
I'll laugh until my head comes off
I'll swallow 'til I burst
Until I burst, until I
Who's in the bunker? Who's in the bunker?
I have seen too much, I haven't seen enough
You haven't seen it
I'll laugh until my head comes off
Women and children first, and children first, and children
Here I'm alive
Everything all of the time
Here I'm alive
Everything all of the time
Ice age coming, ice age coming
Let me hear both sides, let me hear both sides, let me hear both
Ice age coming, ice age coming
Throw it in the fire, throw it in the fire, throw him on the
We're not scaremongering
This is really happening, happening
We're not scaremongering
This is really happening, happening
Mobiles squirking, mobiles chirping
Take the money and run, take the money and run, take the money
Here I'm alive (-n first, and children)
Everything all of the time (-n first, and children)
Here I'm alive (-n first, and children)
Everything all of the time (-n first, and children)
Here I'm alive (-n first, and children)
Everything all of the time (-n first, and children)
Here I'm alive (-n first, and children)
Everything all of the time (-n first, and children)
(-n first, and children)
(-n first, and children)
(-n first, and children)
(-n first, and ch-)
(-n first, -n first, and children)
(-n first, and children)
(-n first, and children)
(-n first, and ch-)
(-n first, -n first, and children)
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Idioteque Lyrics as written by Jonathan Richard Guy Greenwood Paul Lansky
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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