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Third Uncle Lyrics
there are tins
there was pork
there are legs
there are sharks
there was john
there are cliffs
there was mother
there's a poker
there was you
then there was you
there are scenes
there are blues
there are boots
there are shoes
there are turks
there are fools
they're in lockers
they're in schools
they're in you
then there was you
burn my fingers
burn my toes
burn my uncle
burn his books
burn his shoes
cook the leather
put it on me
does it fit me
or you
it looks tight on you
there was pork
there are legs
there are sharks
there was john
there are cliffs
there was mother
there's a poker
there was you
then there was you
there are blues
there are boots
there are shoes
there are turks
there are fools
they're in lockers
they're in schools
they're in you
then there was you
burn my toes
burn my uncle
burn his books
burn his shoes
cook the leather
put it on me
does it fit me
or you
it looks tight on you
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I'm not 100% percent sure that I'm hearing things correctly but, I'm confident that this is a more accurate transcription of the lyrics as sung by P. Murphy:
There were tips There were sports There are legs There are sharks It was strong (There was right) There were hips (There was wrong) There was nothing (There was mother) But despite (There was father) There was you Then there was you
There are snakes There are blues There are boots There are shoes There are turks There are fools There are pockets There are schools There was you Then there was you
I'll burn my fingers Burn my toes Burn my uncle (Burn my love) Burn these books Burn these shoes From these legs (Break a leg) Mother, father Just in case there was you Just to hide it from you (Just to keep it from you)
@tetsuo29 Looks pretty accurate to me. One small correction: later in the song, when the first stanza is repeated, verses 5 and 6 are changed to:
@tetsuo29 Looks pretty accurate to me. One small correction: later in the song, when the first stanza is repeated, verses 5 and 6 are changed to:
"There was wrong There was right"
"There was wrong There was right"
You've put them in the wrong order above.
You've put them in the wrong order above.
those are the lyrics to the original Brian Eno version of the song, but I have never found an accurate version of the Bauhaus lyrics. I have no idea what they are
who cares? its the quality of the music that makes this song and taking tiger mountain. Best live version is 801's form 1976
Brilliant lyrics, brilliant music
Simply amazing song...Bauhaus took an already rollicking, explosive song and made it even more rollicking, and more explosive.
@uberpsycho2 So, rollickinger, and explosiver? Never heard the original, been meaning to look up the lyrics since forever. Finally did so. ;)
@uberpsycho2 So, rollickinger, and explosiver? Never heard the original, been meaning to look up the lyrics since forever. Finally did so. ;)
There are snakes There are blues There are boots There are shoes There are times That I lose There are pockets In our schools There was you Then there was you