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.
[I] Said, “How can you live if you
never lived underground?”
Said, “How can you live if you
never lived underground?”
“Well I’m a hero early in the morning;
I’m not a hero in the evening light.
But I’m a hero early in the morning;
I ain’t a hero by the evening light.”
“Sing it low, sing it low, sing it low,
sing it low, sing it low, sing it low,
sing it low, sing it low, sing it low.”
“You’re a runner, baby, you’re a runner,
A runner wild and a runner steep.
You’re a runner, baby, you’re a runner,
A runner wild and a runner steep.”
“Sing it low, sing it low, sing it low,
sing it low, sing it low, sing it low,
sing it low, sing it low, sing it low.”
“We talk a lot but we don’t read any books, we can’t hustle about, we can’t make any family. We talk a lot about too many books in the kitchen, but we ain’t cooking.”
never lived underground?”
Said, “How can you live if you
never lived underground?”
“Well I’m a hero early in the morning;
I’m not a hero in the evening light.
But I’m a hero early in the morning;
I ain’t a hero by the evening light.”
“Sing it low, sing it low, sing it low,
sing it low, sing it low, sing it low,
sing it low, sing it low, sing it low.”
“You’re a runner, baby, you’re a runner,
A runner wild and a runner steep.
You’re a runner, baby, you’re a runner,
A runner wild and a runner steep.”
“Sing it low, sing it low, sing it low,
sing it low, sing it low, sing it low,
sing it low, sing it low, sing it low.”
“We talk a lot but we don’t read any books, we can’t hustle about, we can’t make any family. We talk a lot about too many books in the kitchen, but we ain’t cooking.”
Lyrics submitted by Clap Your Hands
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