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Street and Babe Shadow [From Tanx]

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Street and Babe Shadow [From Tanx] Lyrics

Tiger Tim, the tightrope walker
Tried to steal the drag queen's daughter
Oh, babe
I do mean babe

Menace lurks in houses only
Where the hearts are fat and bony
Babe
I do mean babe

Golden risks and folly's rainbows
Down the drain where all the time goes
Babe
I do mean babe

Frozen Joe, the ballet boxer
Chromed his toes to get his rocks off
Babe
I do mean babe

All the rats and all the peacocks
Built a ship and flew to Venus
Babe
I do mean babe

Pain is meat and meat is people
Your head's a house your soul's the steeple
Babe
I do mean babe

Painted toes and purple earlobes
Life's a gas but it's such a scene though
Babe
I do mean babe
Shake it

(Oh, babe)
I do mean babe

I could t-tell you something
I could t-tell you something
Babe
I do mean babe

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