Graham Parker & The Rumour - Mercury Poisoning lyrics
rate meNo more pretending now
The albatross is dying in its nes
The company is crippling me,
The worst trying to ruin the best, the best
And their promotion's so lame
They could never ever take it to the real ball game
Maybe they think I'm a pet
Well I've got all the diseases
I'm breaking out in sweat, you bet,
Cause I got Mercury poisoning
It's fatal and it don't get better
I got Mercury poisoning
The best kept secret in the West
The boys and me are getting real well known around town
But every time we try to spread the action
Someone always brings it down, down
I ate the orange and I don't feel well
For them it's inconvenience
For me it's hell
The geriatric staff think we're freaks
They couldn't sell kebabs to the Greeks, the geeks
Inaction speaks,
And I got Mercury poisoning
It's fatal and it don't get better
I got Mercury poisoning
The best kept secret in the West
Is this a Russian conspiracy?
No it's just idiocy
Is this a Chinese burn?
I got a dinosaur for a representative
It's got a small brain and refuses to learn
I think their promotion's so lame
They could never ever take it to the real ball game
Listen I ain't a pet
I’ma token hipster, in your monopoly set
You bet
Cause I got Mercury poisoning
It's fatal and it don't get better
I got Mercury poisoning
The best kept secret in the West
He's got, Mercury poisoning
It's fatal and it don't get better
He's got Mercury poisoning
The best kept secret in the West
The best kept secret in the West
Yeah, it’s the best kept secret in the West
Yeah the best kept secret in the west
The best kept secret in the west
The best kept secret in the west
The best kept secret in the west
