Aeroplane (never Ask Twice) Lyrics - Madness

(McPherson/Barson) 

Transcribed by ir.drs. Ben Jos Walbeehm ([email protected]) 

with Charles Corby ([email protected]) 

Date of last revision: January 26, 1995. 

Please observe my continental alligator skin line shoulder bag 

I've covered it in stickers from far and wide 

And stuffed it full of suits and matching ties 

I've travelled on the seas and I've travelled on the land 

And there's not a single person I can't understand 

I've forgotten the languages and wave my cash 

I've enjoyed every minute of it with a splash 

I wear a Panama on my Brilcremed hair 

I think I carry it with a certain flair 

When travelling abroad I know the score 

With the voice of authority from the first a-world war 

I went all through to Congo on a magic pleasure knock 

Staving off disease with hallucinogenic drugs 

With a mind-bending root from a local native source 

Made my mind and my body have a premature divorce 

I felt like I was sliding from a massive height 

It seemed like it was morning in the middle of the night 

My eyes were open, though there's nothing much to see 

A swirling mist of images 

The seas are my friend and the skies my home 

When clinging to the arm-rests, I travel alone 

I'm always ready to give advice 

Travelling companions never ask twice 

I've travelled on the seas and I've travelled on the land 

And there's not a single person I can't understand 

I've forgotten the languages and wave my cash 

I've enjoyed every minute of it with a splash 

I've travelled on the seas and I've travelled on the land 

And there's not a single person I can't understand 

I've forgotten the languages and wave my cash 

I've enjoyed every minute of it with a splash 

> B-side of 'Shut Up' 12" (1981)