Babe, I'm On Fire Lyrics - Nick Cave & The Bad Seed

Well, father says it, mother says it 

Sister says it, brother says it 

Uncle says it, auntie says it 

Everyone at the party 

I'm on fire 

Yeah, babe, I'm on fire 

Well, the horse says it, pig says it 

Judge in his wig says it 

Fox and the rabbit 

And the nun in her habit 

I'm on fire 

Yeah, babe, I'm on fire 

Well, my mate, Bill Gates says it 

The President, United States says it 

The slacker and the worker 

And the girl in her burqha 

I'm on fire 

Yeah, babe, I'm on fire 

Yeah, the general with his tank says it 

The man at the bank says it 

The soldier with his rockets 

And the mouse in my pocket 

I'm on fire 

Yeah, babe, I'm on fire 

Well, the drug-addict wreck 

With a needle in his neck says it 

The drunk says it, punk says it 

Brave Buddhist monk 

I'm on fire 

Well, babe, I'm on fire 

Alright now, hit me up, baby, and knock me down 

Drop what you're doing and come around 

We can hold hands till the sun goes down 

'Cause I know that you and I can be together 

'Cause I love you, alright 

Well, the blind referee says it 

The unlucky amputee says it 

The giant killer bee 

Well that's landed on my knee 

I'm on fire 

Yeah, babe, I'm on fire 

Yeah, well the cop with his breathalyser 

The paddy with his fertilizer 

The man in the basement 

That's getting a taste for it 

I'm on fire 

Yeah, babe, I'm on fire 

Well, the fucked up Rastafarian says it 

The dribbling libertarian says it 

The sweet little Goth 

With the ears of cloth 

I'm on fire 

Yeah, babe, I'm on fire 

The crossover country singer says it 

The humpbacked bell ringer says it 

The swinger and the flinger 

And the outraged right winger 

I'm on fire 

Yeah, babe, I'm on fire 

Well, the man going hiking says it 

The misunderstood viking says it 

The man at the rodeo 

And the lonely old Eskimo 

I'm on fire 

Yeah, babe, I'm on fire 

Alright now, hit me up, baby, and knock me down 

Drop what you're doing and come around 

We can hold hands till the sun goes down 

'Cause I know that you and I can be together 

'Cause I love you 

The mild little Christian says it 

The wild Sonny Liston says it 

The pimp and the gimp 

And the guy with the limp 

I'm on fire 

Oh yeah, babe, I'm on fire 

Well the blind piano tuner says it 

The Las Vegas crooner says it 

The hooligan moaner 

Whose holding a schooner 

I'm on fire 

Yeah, babe, I'm on fire 

Well, the Chinese contortionist says it 

The backyard abortionist says it 

The poor Pakistani 

With his lamb biryani 

I'm on fire 

Oh yeah, babe, I'm on fire 

Well, the hopeless defendant says it 

The toilet attendant says it 

The pornographer, the stenographer 

And the fashion photographer 

I'm on fire 

Yeah, babe, I'm on fire 

Well, let me tell you that the college professor says it 

The vicious cross-dresser says it 

Grandma and grandpa 

In the back of the car 

I'm on fire 

Yeah, babe, I'm on fire 

Alright now, hit me up, baby, and knock me down 

Drop what you're doing and come around 

We can hold hands till the sun goes down 

'Cause I know that you and I can be together 

'Cause I love you 

Oh yeah, do come on, come on 

Well, the hack at the doorstep says it 

The midwife with her forceps says it 

The demented young lady 

Who is roasting her baby 

On the fire 

Yeah, babe, I'm on fire 

Well, the athlete with his hernia says it 

Picasso with his Guernica says it 

My wife with her furniture 

Everybody 

Babe, I'm on fire 

Yeah, babe, I'm on fire 

Well the laughing hyena says it 

The homesick polish cleaner says it 

The man from the Klan 

With a torch in his hand 

I'm on fire 

Yeah, babe, I'm on fire 

Well, the Chinese herbologist says it 

The Christian apologist says it 

The dog and the frog 

Sitting on a log 

I'm on fire 

Yeah, babe, I'm on fire 

Well the fox hunting troff says it 

The horrible moth says it 

The doomed homosexual 

With the persistent cough 

I'm on fire 

Yeah, babe, I'm on fire 

Alright now, hit me up, baby, and knock me down 

Drop what you're doing and come around 

We can hold hands till the sun goes down 

'Cause I know that you and I can be together forever 

'Cause I love you 

Come on, oh yeah 

The Papist with his soul says it 

The rapist on a roll says it 

Jack says it, Jill says it 

As they roll down the hill 

I'm on fire 

Babe, I'm on fire 

Well, the clever circus flea says it 

The sailor on the sea 

Well the man from the daily mail 

With his dead refugee 

I'm on fire 

Yeah, babe, I'm on fire 

Well the hymen busting Zulu says it 

The proud kangaroo says it 

The koala, the echidna 

And the platypus too 

I'm on fire 

Yeah, now, babe, I'm on fire 

Well, the disgraced country vicar says it 

The crazed guitar picker says it 

The beatnik, the peacenik 

And the apparachick too says it 

I'm on fire 

Yeah, babe, I'm on fire 

Well, the deranged midnight stalker says it 

Garcia Lorca says it 

The hit man, Walt Whitman 

And the haliototic talker 

I'm on fire 

Yeah, babe, I'm on fire 

Alright now, hit me up, baby, and knock me down 

Drop what you're doing and come around 

We can hold hands till the sun goes down 

'Cause I know that you and I can be together 

'Cause I, I love you 

Well, the wine taster with his nose says it 

The fireman with his hose says it 

The pedestrian, the equestrian 

And the tap-dancer with his toes 

I'm on fire 

Yeah, babe, I'm on fire 

Yeah, well the beast and the beauty pageant 

The pimply real estate agent 

The beach comber, the roamer 

And the girl in the coma 

I'm on fire 

Yeah, babe, I'm on fire 

Well the old rock-n-roller 

With his two seater stroller 

And the fan in the van 

With the abominable plan 

I'm on fire 

Yeah, babe, I'm on fire 

Well, the menstruating Jewess says it 

The nervous stewardess says it 

The hijacker, the backpacker 

The cunning safe cracker 

I'm on fire 

Yeah, babe, I'm on fire 

Well, the sports commentator says it 

The old alligator says it 

The tennis pro with his racket 

And the loon in the straight jacket 

I'm on fire 

Yeah, he says, babe, I'm on fire 

Alright now, hit me up, baby, and knock me down 

Drop what you're doing and come around 

We can hold hands till the sun goes down 

'Cause I know that you and I can be together 

'Cause I love you 

Well I hear that tonight 

Well, the butcher with his cleaver says it 

The mad basket weaver says it 

The jaded boxing writer 

And the glass jawed fighter 

I'm on fire 

Yeah, babe, I'm on fire 

Well, the old town cryer says it 

The inventor and the liar says it 

The pilchard, the bream 

And the trout in the stream 

I'm on fire 

Yeah, babe, I'm on fire 

Well, the war correspondent says it 

The enthused and the despondent says it 

The electrician, the mortician 

And the man going fishin' 

I'm on fire 

Oh yeah, babe, I'm on fire 

The cattleman from Down Under says it 

The patriot with his plunder says it 

Watching a boat of full of refugees 

Sinking into the fuckin' sea 

I'm on fire 

Yeah, babe, I'm on fire 

Well, the silicone junky says it 

The corporate flunky says it 

The Italian designer 

With his rickshaw in China 

I'm on fire 

Yeah, babe, I'm on fire 

Alright now, hit me up, baby, and knock me down 

Drop what you're doing and come around 

We can hold hands till the sun goes down 

'Cause I know that you and I can be together 

'Cause I love you 

The trucker with his juggernaut says it 

The lost astronaut says it 

The share cropper, the bent copper 

The compulsive shopper 

I'm on fire 

Oh yeah, babe, I'm on fire 

Well, the Viennese vampire says it 

The cowboy round his campfire says it 

The game show panelist 

And the Jungian analyst 

I'm on fire, come on now 

Babe, I'm on fire 

Well, Warren says it, Blixa says it 

The lighting guy and mixer says it 

Mick says it, Marty says it well 

Everyone at the party 

I'm on fire 

Yeah, babe, I'm on fire 

Alright now, hit me up, baby, and knock me down 

Drop what you're doing and come around 

We can hold hands till the sun goes down 

'Cause I know that you and I can be together forever 

'Cause I love you