Babe, I'm on Fire
Nick Cave & The Bad Seed

Well, father says it, mother says it

Sister says it, brother says it

Uncle says it, auntie says it

Everyone at the party

I'm on fire

Yeah, babe, I'm on fire

Well, the horse says it, pig says it

Judge in his wig says it

Fox and the rabbit

And the nun in her habit

I'm on fire

Yeah, babe, I'm on fire

Well, my mate, Bill Gates says it

The President, United States says it

The slacker and the worker

And the girl in her burqha

I'm on fire

Yeah, babe, I'm on fire

Yeah, the general with his tank says it

The man at the bank says it

The soldier with his rockets

And the mouse in my pocket

I'm on fire

Yeah, babe, I'm on fire

Well, the drug-addict wreck

With a needle in his neck says it

The drunk says it, punk says it

Brave Buddhist monk

I'm on fire

Well, babe, I'm on fire

Alright now, hit me up, baby, and knock me down

Drop what you're doing and come around

We can hold hands till the sun goes down

'Cause I know that you and I can be together

'Cause I love you, alright

Well, the blind referee says it

The unlucky amputee says it

The giant killer bee

Well that's landed on my knee

I'm on fire

Yeah, babe, I'm on fire

Yeah, well the cop with his breathalyser

The paddy with his fertilizer

The man in the basement

That's getting a taste for it

I'm on fire

Yeah, babe, I'm on fire

Well, the fucked up Rastafarian says it

The dribbling libertarian says it

The sweet little Goth

With the ears of cloth

I'm on fire

Yeah, babe, I'm on fire

The crossover country singer says it

The humpbacked bell ringer says it

The swinger and the flinger

And the outraged right winger

I'm on fire

Yeah, babe, I'm on fire

Well, the man going hiking says it

The misunderstood viking says it

The man at the rodeo

And the lonely old Eskimo

I'm on fire

Yeah, babe, I'm on fire

Alright now, hit me up, baby, and knock me down

Drop what you're doing and come around

We can hold hands till the sun goes down

'Cause I know that you and I can be together

'Cause I love you

The mild little Christian says it

The wild Sonny Liston says it

The pimp and the gimp

And the guy with the limp

I'm on fire

Oh yeah, babe, I'm on fire

Well the blind piano tuner says it

The Las Vegas crooner says it

The hooligan moaner

Whose holding a schooner

I'm on fire

Yeah, babe, I'm on fire

Well, the Chinese contortionist says it

The backyard abortionist says it

The poor Pakistani

With his lamb biryani

I'm on fire

Oh yeah, babe, I'm on fire

Well, the hopeless defendant says it

The toilet attendant says it

The pornographer, the stenographer

And the fashion photographer

I'm on fire

Yeah, babe, I'm on fire

Well, let me tell you that the college professor says it

The vicious cross-dresser says it

Grandma and grandpa

In the back of the car

I'm on fire

Yeah, babe, I'm on fire

Alright now, hit me up, baby, and knock me down

Drop what you're doing and come around

We can hold hands till the sun goes down

'Cause I know that you and I can be together

'Cause I love you

Oh yeah, do come on, come on

Well, the hack at the doorstep says it

The midwife with her forceps says it

The demented young lady

Who is roasting her baby

On the fire

Yeah, babe, I'm on fire

Well, the athlete with his hernia says it

Picasso with his Guernica says it

My wife with her furniture

Everybody

Babe, I'm on fire

Yeah, babe, I'm on fire

Well the laughing hyena says it

The homesick polish cleaner says it

The man from the Klan

With a torch in his hand

I'm on fire

Yeah, babe, I'm on fire

Well, the Chinese herbologist says it

The Christian apologist says it

The dog and the frog

Sitting on a log

I'm on fire

Yeah, babe, I'm on fire

Well the fox hunting troff says it

The horrible moth says it

The doomed homosexual

With the persistent cough

I'm on fire

Yeah, babe, I'm on fire

Alright now, hit me up, baby, and knock me down

Drop what you're doing and come around

We can hold hands till the sun goes down

'Cause I know that you and I can be together forever

'Cause I love you

Come on, oh yeah

The Papist with his soul says it

The rapist on a roll says it

Jack says it, Jill says it

As they roll down the hill

I'm on fire

Babe, I'm on fire

Well, the clever circus flea says it

The sailor on the sea

Well the man from the daily mail

With his dead refugee

I'm on fire

Yeah, babe, I'm on fire

Well the hymen busting Zulu says it

The proud kangaroo says it

The koala, the echidna

And the platypus too

I'm on fire

Yeah, now, babe, I'm on fire

Well, the disgraced country vicar says it

The crazed guitar picker says it

The beatnik, the peacenik

And the apparachick too says it

I'm on fire

Yeah, babe, I'm on fire

Well, the deranged midnight stalker says it

Garcia Lorca says it

The hit man, Walt Whitman

And the haliototic talker

I'm on fire

Yeah, babe, I'm on fire

Alright now, hit me up, baby, and knock me down

Drop what you're doing and come around

We can hold hands till the sun goes down

'Cause I know that you and I can be together

'Cause I, I love you

Well, the wine taster with his nose says it

The fireman with his hose says it

The pedestrian, the equestrian

And the tap-dancer with his toes

I'm on fire

Yeah, babe, I'm on fire

Yeah, well the beast and the beauty pageant

The pimply real estate agent

The beach comber, the roamer

And the girl in the coma

I'm on fire

Yeah, babe, I'm on fire

Well the old rock-n-roller

With his two seater stroller

And the fan in the van

With the abominable plan

I'm on fire

Yeah, babe, I'm on fire

Well, the menstruating Jewess says it

The nervous stewardess says it

The hijacker, the backpacker

The cunning safe cracker

I'm on fire

Yeah, babe, I'm on fire

Well, the sports commentator says it

The old alligator says it

The tennis pro with his racket

And the loon in the straight jacket

I'm on fire

Yeah, he says, babe, I'm on fire

Alright now, hit me up, baby, and knock me down

Drop what you're doing and come around

We can hold hands till the sun goes down

'Cause I know that you and I can be together

'Cause I love you

Well I hear that tonight

Well, the butcher with his cleaver says it

The mad basket weaver says it

The jaded boxing writer

And the glass jawed fighter

I'm on fire

Yeah, babe, I'm on fire

Well, the old town cryer says it

The inventor and the liar says it

The pilchard, the bream

And the trout in the stream

I'm on fire

Yeah, babe, I'm on fire

Well, the war correspondent says it

The enthused and the despondent says it

The electrician, the mortician

And the man going fishin'

I'm on fire

Oh yeah, babe, I'm on fire

The cattleman from Down Under says it

The patriot with his plunder says it

Watching a boat of full of refugees

Sinking into the fuckin' sea

I'm on fire

Yeah, babe, I'm on fire

Well, the silicone junky says it

The corporate flunky says it

The Italian designer

With his rickshaw in China

I'm on fire

Yeah, babe, I'm on fire

Alright now, hit me up, baby, and knock me down

Drop what you're doing and come around

We can hold hands till the sun goes down

'Cause I know that you and I can be together

'Cause I love you

The trucker with his juggernaut says it

The lost astronaut says it

The share cropper, the bent copper

The compulsive shopper

I'm on fire

Oh yeah, babe, I'm on fire

Well, the Viennese vampire says it

The cowboy round his campfire says it

The game show panelist

And the Jungian analyst

I'm on fire, come on now

Babe, I'm on fire

Well, Warren says it, Blixa says it

The lighting guy and mixer says it

Mick says it, Marty says it well

Everyone at the party

I'm on fire

Yeah, babe, I'm on fire

Alright now, hit me up, baby, and knock me down

Drop what you're doing and come around

We can hold hands till the sun goes down

'Cause I know that you and I can be together forever

'Cause I love you


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