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.
Met a men, he's the salt or the earth
I met a men, he's the salt or the earth
Where did he come from down in the ground
I gotta hunt him down
I gotta hunt him down
Met a men, he's the salt or the earth
I met a men, he's the salt or the earth
Where did he come from
Nobody knows
Gotta hunt him down
Gotta hunt him down
Stole my heart, he's the salt of the earth
Stole my heart, he's the salt of the earth
So far away right beside me
I gotta hunt him down
I gotta hunt him down
Take me back salt of the earth
So far away almost blossoming
Down below oceans above
Down below rising above
Making rabbits with the salt of the earth
Making rabbits with the salt of the earth
Where did he come from
I'm digging underground
I gotta hunt him down
I gotta hunt him down
I gotta hunt him down
He's the salt of the earth
I met a men, he's the salt or the earth
Where did he come from down in the ground
I gotta hunt him down
I gotta hunt him down
Met a men, he's the salt or the earth
I met a men, he's the salt or the earth
Where did he come from
Nobody knows
Gotta hunt him down
Gotta hunt him down
Stole my heart, he's the salt of the earth
Stole my heart, he's the salt of the earth
So far away right beside me
I gotta hunt him down
I gotta hunt him down
Take me back salt of the earth
So far away almost blossoming
Down below oceans above
Down below rising above
Making rabbits with the salt of the earth
Making rabbits with the salt of the earth
Where did he come from
I'm digging underground
I gotta hunt him down
I gotta hunt him down
I gotta hunt him down
He's the salt of the earth
Lyrics submitted by bananahero
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Like a lot of the other comments are saying, I think this mainly about voyeurism. If the song was about his girlfriend, then why would he use the word spy. If you are a spy it means you shouldn't be caught, that is kind of the whole point, and if you are a voyeur, the whole point of the pleasure you get from it, is the fact that the other people don't know you are watching them. See a bit of a connection there?
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