No Reptiles

[Verse 1] Slip from the trees To the dirt to the menace To the wild to the car Under snow, cut to ribbons Like a coral to your shin Like a manacle to swing Fresh from the breast Now a river running fat To the manor born a rat To the manor born a flea To a flood to a drain Now a rubber, now a chain [Bridge 1] I was in the war You were in the war [Verse 2] Plump from the sugar-water pump With the city at your back To the cannon with a match From a milk into a mass grave Never mind that, I can take that Bones in a bowl Like a toad-in-the-hole Take the shape of the mould Like a mummy on a pole And a merry little head Bob around when you're dead [Bridge 2] I was on my knees You were on your knees [Chorus] And no reptiles! Just soft boiled eggs in shirts and ties Waiting for the flashing green man Quivering and wobbling just like all the eggs you know [Bridge 3] I’m going to kill a stranger So don’t you be a stranger [Coda] Oh baby, it’s alright It’s alright to feel like a fat child in a pushchair Old enough to run Old enough to fire a gun Just give me this one night Just one night to feel Like I might be on the right path The path that takes me home Wise enough to know myself Old enough to fire a gun Just give me this one night Just one night to feel