Toto Dies Lyrics - Get Away From Me - Nellie Mckay

And when the dawn breaks through the drums start 

beating the morning to the farm 

your grimace widens and your lips part 

sounding the silent alarm 

and when the bells explode they scatter 

hitching a hand unto the breeze 

the grand bureaucracy grows fatter 

whistling the old melodies 

oh-ee-oh goes the Buckingham jewel guard 

oh-ee-oh goes the cop on the beat 

oh-ee-oh goes the kid in the schoolyard 

oh-ee-oh goes the kid on the street 

Hey man what's happenin' with you? 

I watched that episode too 

maybe I'll get some Chinese 

I'll have the dumplings 

no MSG please 

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And when the night breaks through they wonder 

if all they lost was self-respect 

they pass the homes of greed and plunder 

still, ling'ring on, the disconnect 

oh-ee-oh sittin' down for the evening 

oh-ee-oh through the civil earthquake 

oh-ee-oh safe in bed and they're dreamin' 

heaven knows if they'll ever awake 

Yeah I'll have my coffee black 

hey look we're bombing Iraq 

I guess that's the only way 

oh did I tell you we got Fifi spayed? 

and when they get to work they hear drums 

the boom fills all the empty space 

they file papers lada-dee-dum 

trimming their shoebox with lace 

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oh-ee-oh but there's somethin' a growin' 

oh-ee-oh through the bustle and hiss 

oh-ee-oh fuck the lawns that need mowin' 

oh-ee-oh there is somethin' amiss 

oh-ee-oh oh-ee-oh oh-ee-oh 

oh-ee-oh-ee-oh-ee-oh