Sometimes I Wish I Was a Pretty Girl Lyrics

Lyric discussion by misscleo3861 

Cover art for Sometimes I Wish I Was a Pretty Girl lyrics by Robyn Hitchcock

I humbly suggest that the lyrics go, "Bloody red bats, squelching offal".

Lyric Correction

I'd never thought of it.

Excellent suggestion.

Makes more sense than "awful," not that this would necessarily be a convincing argument in Robyn's case (do we expect he'll be inclined to choose what makes more sense?)

But it's more in keeping with the sort of oozing, slippery, covertly- or blatantly-sexual imagery Robyn favors.

I'm reminded of:

The organism rapes itself And then gives birth upon the shelf And over where the magpie struts A flower billows from my guts