Worm & The Rattlesnake Lyrics - Singles - Godley And Creme

I wanna take you to the Garden of Eden 

Where they play Duane Eddy not Bert Weedon 

Wanna mingle with the riff raff and be a rebel 

So echo the bass and turn up the treble 

Oh yeah, oh yeah 

I wanna smoke my cigarettes in peace 

I wanna brush out the parting and comb in the grease 

I wanna trade my tie for studs and buckles 

And tattoo your name across my knuckles 

Oh yeah 

I wanna tell the world she belongs to me 

I wanna carve the news in the bark of a tree 

A cupids heart with an arrow going through it 

The stupid part is even then I knew she was wrong for me 

Oh yeah 

I was as jealous as hell cause he was just a kid 

And he could walk on the waltzers like Jesus did 

He said you try it, I said it's a piece of cake 

But I knew he knew, I was a worm not a rattlesnake 

Oh yeah 

The summer rolled by like a white walled tyre 

Then the candyfloss became barbed wire 

She said, you're different you're not the same 

You're just a jew looking for a christian name 

Oh yeah, oh yeah 

Then they chased me through a booming cage of arks 

Oh hissing blue Flash Gordon sparks 

Where dodgems dance on clubbed iron feet 

Kicking each other to death to the beat 

Oh yeah 

How come you still invade my dreams 

You belong in my Quiff Street fairground teens 

I don't even know if she's still alive 

If she is, she's probably married with five kids by now 

Oh yeah 

And I wonder if her husband carries a gun 

Did he throw away his life in a chicken run 

You know I think she made a big mistake 

She should have fallen in love with the worm not the rattlesnake 

Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah