Mr. Alphabet Says Lyrics

Lyric discussion by lokithecat 

Cover art for Mr. Alphabet Says lyrics by Glove, The

I always thought this is a Cure song but it is from the brief collaboration between Steve Severin (of Siouxsie & the Banshees) and Robert Smith (The Cure). I think there were in a drug induced stupor of some kind when they wrote this album in 1983-84. I'll bet this is based on a children's story of some kind.

From the reissued CD liner notes:

Severin remembers the sessions as, "Pretty insane. There was an ongoing 'happening' in Britannia Row [Studios]... Marc Almond's band would be there, the Associates, John McGeoch... it was like a mainline train station. We recorded from 6 pm to 6 am, then Robert and I would go back to my flat and watch video nasties!"

But even the video nasties - Bad Timing, Videodrome, The Evil Dead, etc. - formed part of The Glove's master plan. The idea was that by drowning themselves in acid and junk culture the pair would produce the kind...