Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Babe, I'm on Fire Lyrics
Father says it, mother says itSister says it, brother says itUncle says it, Auntie says itEveryone at the party saysBabe, I'm on fireBabe, I'm on fireThe horse says it, the pig says itThe judge in his wig says itThe fox and the rabbitAnd the nun in her habit saysBabe, I'm on fireBabe, I'm on fireMy mate Bill Gates says itThe President of the United States says itThe slacker and the workerThe girl in her burqa saysBabe, I'm on fireBabe, I'm on fireThe general with his tank says itThe man at the bank says itThe soldier with his rocketAnd the mouse in my pocket saysBabe, I'm on fireBabe, I'm on fireThe drug-addled wreckWith a needle in his neck says itThe drunk says it, punk says itThe brave Buddhist monk saysBabe, I'm on fireBabe, I'm on fireHit me up, baby, and knock me downDrop what you're doing and come aroundWe can hold hands till the sun goes downCause I knowThat youAnd ICan beTogetherCause I love you.The blind referee says itThe unlucky amputee says itThe giant killer beeLanding on my knee saysBabe, I'm on fireBabe, I'm on fireThe cop with his breathalyserThe paddy with his fertiliserThe man in the basementThat's getting a taste for it saysBabe, I'm on fireBabe, I'm on fireThe *****ed-up Rastafarian says itThe dribbling libertarian says itThe sweet little GothWith the ears of cloth saysBabe, I'm on fireBabe' I'm on fireThe cross-over country singer says itThe hump-backed bell ringer says itThe swinger, the flingerThe outraged right-winger saysBabe, I'm on fireBabe, I'm on fireThe man going hiking says itThe misunderstood Viking says itThe man at the rodeoAnd the lonely old Eskimo saysBabe, I'm on fireBabe, I'm on fireHit me up, baby, and knock me downDrop what you're doing and come aroundWe can hold hands till the sun goes downCause I knowThat youAnd ICan beTogetherCause I love you.The mild little Christian says itThe wild Sonny Liston says itThe pimp and the gimpAnd the guy with the limp saysBabe, I'm on fireBabe, I'm on fireThe blind piano tuner says itThe Las Vegas crooner says itThe hooligan moonerHolding a schooner saysBabe, I'm on fireBabe, I'm on fireThe Chinese contortionist says itThe backyard abortionist says itThe poor PakistaniWith his lamb Bhirriani saysBabe, I'm on fireBabe, I'm on fireThe hopeless defendant says itThe toilet attendant says itThe pornographer, the stenographerThe fashion photographer saysBabe, I'm on fireBabe, I'm on fireThe college professor says itThe vicious cross-dresser says itGrandma and GrandpaIn the back of the car saysBabe, I'm on fireBabe, I'm on fireHit me up, baby, and knock me downDrop what you're doing and come aroundWe can hold hands till the sun goes downCause I knowThat youAnd ICan beTogetherCause I love you.The hack at the doorstep says itThe midwife with her forceps says itThe demented young ladyWho is roasting her babyOn the fireBabe, I'm on fireThe athlete with his hernia says itPicasso with his Guernica says itMy wife with her furnitureEverybody!Babe, I'm on fireBabe, I'm on fireThe laughing hyena says itThe homesick polish cleaner says itThe man from the KlanWith a torch in his hand saysBabe, I'm on fireBabe, I'm on fireThe Chinese herbologist says itThe Christian apologist says itThe dog and the frogSitting on a log saysBabe, I'm on fireBabe, I'm on fireThe foxhunting toff says itThe horrible moth says itThe doomed homosexualWith the persistent cough saysBabe, I'm on fireBabe, I'm on fireHit me up, baby, and knock me downDrop what you're doing and come aroundWe can hold hands till the sun goes downCause I knowThat youAnd ICan beTogetherCause I love you.The Papist with his soul says itThe rapist on a roll says itJack says it, Jill says itAs they roll down the hillBabe, I'm on fireBabe, I'm on fireThe clever circus flea says itThe sailor on the sea says itThe man from the Daily MailWith his dead refugee saysBabe, I'm on fireBabe, I'm on fireThe hymen-busting Zulu says itThe proud kangaroo says itThe koala, the echidnaAnd the platypus too saysBabe, I'm on fireBabe, I'm on fireThe disgraced country vicar says itThe crazed guitar picker says itThe beatnik, the peacenikThe apparachick saysBabe, I'm on fireBabe, I'm on fireThe deranged midnight stalker says itGarcia Lorca says itThe hit man, Walt WhitmanAnd the haliototic talker saysBabe, I'm on fireBabe, I'm on fireHit me up, baby, and knock me downDrop what you're doing and come aroundWe can hold hands till the sun goes downCause I knowThat youAnd ICan beTogetherCause I love you.The wine taster with his nose says itThe fireman with his hose says itThe pedestrian, the equestrianThe tap-dancer with his toes saysBabe, I'm on fireBabe, I'm on fireThe beast in the beauty pageantThe pimply real estate agentThe beach-comber, the roamerThe girl in a coma saysBabe, I'm on fireBabe, I'm on fireThe old rock'n'rollerWith his two-seater strollerAnd the fan in the vanWith the abominable plan saysBabe, I'm on fireBabe, I'm on fireThe menstruating Jewess says itThe nervous stewardess says itThe hijacker, the backpackerThe cunning safecracker saysBabe, I'm on fireBabe, I'm on fireThe sports commentator says itThe old alligator says itThe tennis pro with his racquetThe loon in the straight jacketBabe, I'm on fireBabe, I'm on fireHit me up, baby, and knock me downDrop what you're doing and come aroundWe can hold hands till the sun goes downCause I knowThat youAnd ICan beTogetherCause I love you.The butcher with his cleaver says itThe mad basket weaver says itThe jaded boxing writerAnd the glass-jawed fighter saysBabe, I'm on fireBabe, I'm on fireThe old town cryer says itThe inveterate liar says itThe pilchard, the breamAnd the trout in the streamBabe, I'm on fireBabe, I'm on fireThe war correspondent says itThe enthused and the despondent says itThe electrician, the morticianAnd the man going fishin' saysBabe, I'm on fireBabe, I'm on fireThe cattleman from Down Under says itThe patriot with his plunder says itWatching a boat of full of refugeesSinking into the seaBabe, I'm on fireBabe, I'm on fireThe silicone junky says itThe corporate flunky says itThe Italian designerWith his rickshaw in China saysBabe, I'm on fireBabe, I'm on fireHit me up, baby, and knock me downDrop what you're doing and come aroundWe can hold hands till the sun goes downCause I knowThat youAnd ICan beTogetherCause I love you.The trucker with his juggernaut says itThe lost astronaut says itThe share cropper, the bent copperThe compulsive shopper saysBabe, I'm on fireBabe, I'm on fireThe Viennese vampire says itThe cowboy round his campfire says itThe game show panellistThe Jungian analyst saysBabe, I'm on fireBabe, I'm on fireWarren says it, Blixa says itThe lighting guy and mixer says itMick says it, Marty says itEveryone at the party saysBabe, I'm on fireBabe, I'm on FireThe hairy arachnophobic says itThe scary agoraphobic says itThe mother, the brotherAnd the decomposing lover saysBabe, I'm on fireBabe, I'm on fireHit me up, baby, and knock me downDrop what you're doing and come aroundWe can hold hands till the sun goes downCause I knowThat youAnd ICan beTogetherCause I love you.
