Tie Dye Fly Lyrics - Singles - Naked Earth

Did you hear about the new bug to hit the scene 

It's the funkiest bug that you've ever seen 

Check out its colours, it ain't black, brown or green 

It's a rainbow insect, do you know what I mean 

It comes from the tropics, it's a mellow pest 

It lives amongst the poppies and ganja, the best 

Fed by the paraquat we sprayed in its nest 

This six-foot bug is here on a quest 

Tie-dye fly, a product of chemical overload 

Tie-dye fly, them pesticides will make me glow like a laser show 

Tie-dye fly, a technicolour wonder from head to toe 

Instead of kicking the bucket I just continue to grow 

Said, watch me grow -- watch me 

Here come the helicopters and they're gonna discharge 

I got the malathion munchies and it's making me hard 

Bring the kiddies inside and put away the car 

Better seal up the house or your lungs will get charred 

I'm talking for the insect nation 

We were here long before man's creation 

There's nothing to gain from our extermination 

Cos we're in a state of constant mutation 

Tie-dye fly, a product of chemical overload 

Tie-dye fly, them pesticides will make me glow like a laser show 

Tie-dye fly, a technicolour wonder from head to toe 

Instead of kicking the bucket I just continue to grow 

Said, watch me grow 

Tie-dye fly, after you're gone we'll still remain 

Tie-day fly, listen to this simple refrain -- said, I must explain 

There's one thing for certain: it's you that you're hurtin' with your chemical 

squirtin' 

So be mellow, my friends, give us some respect 

There's nothing to fear from a little insect 

"We don't want to see you die", says the tie-dye fly 

(Russ Ives; 1994 Naked Earth Productions)