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.
Sittin' on the porch now
No skin at all
Your mama didn't want you preserved inside
so she had to make a call
Dr. Detton
only handin' you a bone
You were livin' in a jar of mayonnaise
for bed hunt in a cone
The light of day
he'll make you pay
he's coming after you
Teenage foetus
Teenage foetus
You can't beat us
Teenage foetus
Headin' down my street now
leavin' trails of flesh and bone
Eighteen years of preservation
no one to call your own
Chewin' my knee cap
with a mouth full of screws
*lyrics played backwards*
Now baby he ain't got much to lose
The light of day
he'll make you pay
he's coming after you
Teenage foetus
Teenage foetus
You can't beat us
Teenage foetus
No skin at all
Your mama didn't want you preserved inside
so she had to make a call
Dr. Detton
only handin' you a bone
You were livin' in a jar of mayonnaise
for bed hunt in a cone
The light of day
he'll make you pay
he's coming after you
Teenage foetus
Teenage foetus
You can't beat us
Teenage foetus
Headin' down my street now
leavin' trails of flesh and bone
Eighteen years of preservation
no one to call your own
Chewin' my knee cap
with a mouth full of screws
*lyrics played backwards*
Now baby he ain't got much to lose
The light of day
he'll make you pay
he's coming after you
Teenage foetus
Teenage foetus
You can't beat us
Teenage foetus
Lyrics submitted by waveofmutilation
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