The Birthday Party

Zoo Music Girl

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Zoo-music girl, zoo-music girl
Our ligfe together is a hollow tooth,
spit out the shells, spit out the shells,
You know exactly what I'm talking about
Don't drag the orchestra into this thing
Rattle those sticks, rattle those sticks
The sound is beautiful, its perfect!
The sound of her young legs in stockings
the rhythem of her walk, it's beautiful
Just let it twist, let it break
let it buckle, let it bend
I wnat the noise of my zoo music girl
zoo-music girl zoo-music girl
My body is a monster driven insane
my heart is a fish toasted by flames I kiss the hem of her skirt
We spend our lives in a box full of dirt
I murder her dress and she loves it
If there is one thing I desire in the world is to make love to my zoo-muic girl
zoo-music girl, zoo-music girl
The sound is beautiful! It's perfect!
I call out her name in the night
Zoo-music girl zoo-music girl
I call her by her family name
zoo-music girl zoo-musivc girl
Oh God! Please let me die beneath her fists
Zoo-Music Girl Zoo-music girl

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tiger_angel On Sep 11, 2002

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2002-09-11 10:05:10

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by milk_and_honey

19y ago

Like you've never felt this way about anyone...

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by Tristax!

18y ago

Here is a corrected version of verse two:

My body is a monster driven insane My heart is a fish toasted by flames (I kiss the hem of her skirt) My life is a box full of dirt We spend our life in a box full of dirt I murder her dress 'til it hurts If there is one thing I desire in the world, that's to make love to my zoo-music girl

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by doylekm

17y ago

I always thought the title was a play on the 'zoo' sounds made in bed.. like we're ANIMALS or something (gasp)!

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by pedroagno

13y ago

this one seems very hetero for nick...

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