Third Uncle Lyrics

Lyric discussion by tetsuo29 

Cover art for Third Uncle lyrics by Bauhaus

I'm not 100% percent sure that I'm hearing things correctly but, I'm confident that this is a more accurate transcription of the lyrics as sung by P. Murphy:

There were tips There were sports There are legs There are sharks It was strong (There was right) There were hips (There was wrong) There was nothing (There was mother) But despite (There was father) There was you Then there was you

There are snakes There are blues There are boots There are shoes There are turks There are fools There are pockets There are schools There was you Then there was you

I'll burn my fingers Burn my toes Burn my uncle (Burn my love) Burn these books Burn these shoes From these legs (Break a leg) Mother, father Just in case there was you Just to hide it from you (Just to keep it from you)

My Interpretation

@tetsuo29 Looks pretty accurate to me. One small correction: later in the song, when the first stanza is repeated, verses 5 and 6 are changed to:

"There was wrong There was right"

You've put them in the wrong order above.