I met a girl, she was a frog princess I guess I ought to make it clear That I saw nothing through her see-through dress Until she whispered in my ear
"You don't really love me and I don't really mind 'Cause I don't love anybody, That stuff is just a waste of time Your place or mine?"
I met a girl, she was a complete mess I should've left her well alone?but oh no, not me! I had to see if underneath that dress Her heart was really made of stone
I met a girl, she was a frog princess And yes I do regret it now But how was I to know that just one kiss Could turn my frog into a cow?
And now I'm rid of her I must confess To thinking 'bout what might have been And I can visualise my frog princess Beneath a shining guillotine
You don't really love me and I don't really mind 'Cause I don't love anybody, I come and go through people's love lives Your place or mine?
Daybreak on the motorway to Damascus A heavenly angel flagged me down And asked for a ride into town For God's sake, on the motorway to Damascus This heavenly angel, wise and pure, proceeded with a guided tour: "Behold! A shining city of silver grey and white, Of solar-panelled rooftops glinting in the light And wind-power generators turning soundlessly through the night"
Mid-day on the motorway to Damascus The heavenly angel flapped its wings And told me more exciting things Like how one day this motorway to Damascus Would disappear without trace, the unsustainable replaced "Behold! The new New Forest in four hundred shades of green Stretching out before us where it always should have been A botanical thesaurus for as far as the eye can see"
Nightfall on the motorway to Damascus The heavenly angel looked at me And said "Well, what's it gonna be? The long haul, or the shorter way to Damascus? Choose with care and you will find that one day there will come a time When the silhouetted ruins of the crumbling cooling towers Are but ivy-clad reminders of a long-forgotten power" Must the monkeys leave Gibraltar's rock and ravens flee the Tower Before we look and see ourselves for what we really are?
When she was just a girl She became a woman of the world Soon there wasn't room enough for her In between the bosoms of her family She popped the cork, got on the Greyhound to New York Small-talked her way round just the sort Of playboys' playground she'd once dreamed about
Maybe I love her, but I'm jealous of her She's a woman of the world
She's a fake!?sure, but she's a real fake On the make!?making up for lost time Just you wait!?hey, give the girl a break And a fifty dollar bill will see to that Heh, that ain't enough to feed the cat Serve up the rats and super rats Well they just get fatter while she fades away
Maybe I love her, but I'm jealous of her She's a woman of the world Maybe I hate her, 'cause I didn't create her It's human nature, girl Maybe I'll suffer, just to be her lover Just to be part of her world Maybe I need her, because I want to be her baby, can I be your girl? Maybe I'll kill her, just trying to thrill her if she don't kill me first
We're making eye-contact Oh those hypnotic eyes attract Such philanthropic flies?that's that. You cannot stop it, so why the devil do you try?