[intro gospel] (nasty little buzz..) (nasty little buzz..) [verse 1 cool machine-gun delivery, very clear pronunciation] fresh trim, shiny grin, hiding where you've really been... lecturing the barmaid on the price of // lemonade... // with your eyes rolling back like a slot arcade! you quote the paper, quote the book, give the lads a dirty look... // [hook] but i saw you in the alley with the truth stuck to your shoes.... acting like a vicar but you’re drinking like the .... // vandals????? ---// [pre-chorus cool, sampel candy cachy, flow] spit it out you’re fooling no one here spit it out grab your coat and dis-ap-pear --- [Chours] you wash the shirt but the smell stays on. it ain’t a church it’s a cheap salon. you shine the star but the badge is tin. you lock the door but you let them in. (nasty little buzz..) (nasty little buzz..) [verse 2] [panic & storytelling, describing action] ten-pound note stuck to the wet bar. couldn't pay for who you are. your mate’s outside coughing up smoke, laughing at a thing that nobody spoke. i saw you run out the fire exit door. running from what you went in for. [hook] you dropped the act and you dropped the phone. good riddance, darling. walk it home. --- [pre-chorus cool, sampel candy cachy, flow] spit it out you’re fooling no one here spit it out grab your coat and dis-ap-pear [Chorus] you wash the shirt but the smell stays on. it ain’t a church it’s a cheap salon. you shine the star but the badge is tin. you lock the door but you let them in. (nasty little buzz..) (nasty little buzz..) [bridge] you know the problem? it’s not the sin. it’s the noise. like a fridge in an empty room. just a… [sensuala, maximum intensity, guitars crash in] nasty little buzz... ---[pre-chorus cool, sampel candy cachy, flow] spit it out you’re fooling no one here grab your coat and dis-ap-pear [final hook , cool sorry, cool drums] you wash the shirt but the smell stays on. it ain’t a church it’s a cheap salon. you shine the star but the badge is tin. you lock the door but you let them in. --- [outro] [feedback noise, guitar scraping] [sneering spoken word] just a buzz. cheap tin. buzz. [silence]
