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.
What'd you ever say today when you're in the milky way
oh tell me please
just to give you a squeeze
if I met you - I told you what to do
seems a while
since I could smile the way you do...
how many times, if I try, if I may,
when you're in the milky way
half of your time -beside me only atmosphere
the singular, raised by heats and wet
Seems a while
since I could smile the way you do...
oh-OH!
What can anyone mean to you
standing in the milky way?
take life easy
I mean so easy
Why so empty...?
I told you - I can tell you
what to do - when I hold you
and I tell you "I love you"
I feel that I'm... way you do...
Give a grasp of life today
when you're in the milky way
oh, try to please! Knock on wood of the trees
glad you, mold you, mold you and hold you
means five miles
and everyway for you...
oh tell me please
just to give you a squeeze
if I met you - I told you what to do
seems a while
since I could smile the way you do...
how many times, if I try, if I may,
when you're in the milky way
half of your time -beside me only atmosphere
the singular, raised by heats and wet
Seems a while
since I could smile the way you do...
oh-OH!
What can anyone mean to you
standing in the milky way?
take life easy
I mean so easy
Why so empty...?
I told you - I can tell you
what to do - when I hold you
and I tell you "I love you"
I feel that I'm... way you do...
Give a grasp of life today
when you're in the milky way
oh, try to please! Knock on wood of the trees
glad you, mold you, mold you and hold you
means five miles
and everyway for you...
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