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 I was in the war You were in the war 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, oh 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 I was on my knees You were on your knees 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 I'm going to kill a stranger So don't you be a stranger 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 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 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 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 Just give me this one night Just one night to feel like I might be on the right path (Home) 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 Just give me this one night Just one night to feel