Babe, I'm On Fire Lyrics - Nocturama - Nick Cave

Father says it, mother says it 

Sister says it, brother says it 

Uncle says it, auntie says it 

Everyone at the party says 

Babe, I'm on fire 

Babe, I'm on fire 

The horse says it, the pig says it 

The judge in his wig says it 

The fox and the rabbit 

And the nun in her habit says 

Babe, I'm on fire 

Babe, I'm on fire 

My mate bill gates says it 

The president of the united states says it 

The slacker and the worker 

The girl in her burqa says 

Babe, I'm on fire 

Babe, I'm on fire 

The general with his tank says it 

The man at the bank says it 

The soldier with his rocket 

And the mouse in my pocket says 

Babe, I'm on fire 

Babe, I'm on fire 

The drug-addled wreck 

With a needle in his neck says it 

The drunk says it, punk says it 

The brave buddhist monk says 

Babe, I'm on fire 

Babe, I'm on fire 

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 blind referee says it 

The unlucky amputee says it 

The giant killer bee 

Landing on my knee says 

Babe, I'm on fire 

Babe, I'm on fire 

The cop with his breathalyser 

The paddy with his fertiliser 

The man in the basement 

That's getting a taste for it says 

Babe, I'm on fire 

Babe, I'm on fire 

The fucked-up rastafarian says it 

The dribbling libertarian says it 

The sweet little goth 

With the ears of cloth says 

Babe, I'm on fire 

Babe' I'm on fire 

The cross-over country singer says it 

The hump-backed bell ringer says it 

The swinger, the flinger 

The outraged right-winger says 

Babe, I'm on fire 

Babe, I'm on fire 

The man going hiking says it 

The misunderstood viking says it 

The man at the rodeo 

And the lonely old eskimo says 

Babe, I'm on fire 

Babe, I'm on fire 

[chorus] 

The mild little christian says it 

The wild sonny liston says it 

The pimp and the gimp 

And the guy with the limp says 

Babe, I'm on fire 

Babe, I'm on fire 

The blind piano tuner says it 

The las vegas crooner says it 

The hooligan mooner 

Holding a schooner says 

Babe, I'm on fire 

Babe, I'm on fire 

The chinese contortionist says it 

The backyard abortionist says it 

The poor pakistani 

With his lamb bhirriani says 

Babe, I'm on fire 

Babe, I'm on fire 

The hopeless defendant says it 

The toilet attendant says it 

The pornographer, the stenographer 

The fashion photographer says 

Babe, I'm on fire 

Babe, I'm on fire 

The college professor says it 

The vicious cross-dresser says it 

Grandma and grandpa 

In the back of the car says 

Babe, I'm on fire 

Babe, I'm on fire 

[chorus] 

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 

Babe, I'm on fire 

The athlete with his hernia says it 

Picasso with his guernica says it 

My wife with her furniture 

Everybody! 

Babe, I'm on fire 

Babe, I'm on fire 

The laughing hyena says it 

The homesick polish cleaner says it 

The man from the klan 

With a torch in his hand says 

Babe, I'm on fire 

Babe, I'm on fire 

The chinese herbologist says it 

The christian apologist says it 

The dog and the frog 

Sitting on a log says 

Babe, I'm on fire 

Babe, I'm on fire 

The foxhunting toff says it 

The horrible moth says it 

The doomed homosexual 

With the persistent cough says 

Babe, I'm on fire 

Babe, I'm on fire 

[chorus] 

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 

Babe, I'm on fire 

Babe, I'm on fire 

The clever circus flea says it 

The sailor on the sea says it 

The man from the daily mail 

With his dead refugee says 

Babe, I'm on fire 

Babe, I'm on fire 

The hymen-busting zulu says it 

The proud kangaroo says it 

The koala, the echidna 

And the platypus too says 

Babe, I'm on fire 

Babe, I'm on fire 

The disgraced country vicar says it 

The crazed guitar picker says it 

The beatnik, the peacenik 

The apparachick says 

Babe, I'm on fire 

Babe, I'm on fire 

The deranged midnight stalker says it 

Garcia lorca says it 

The hit man, walt whitman 

And the haliototic talker says 

Babe, I'm on fire 

Babe, I'm on fire 

[chorus] 

The wine taster with his nose says it 

The fireman with his hose says it 

The pedestrian, the equestrian 

The tap-dancer with his toes says 

Babe, I'm on fire 

Babe, I'm on fire 

The beast in the beauty pageant 

The pimply real estate agent 

The beach-comber, the roamer 

The girl in a coma says 

Babe, I'm on fire 

Babe, I'm on fire 

The old rock'n'roller 

With his two-seater stroller 

And the fan in the van 

With the abominable plan says 

Babe, I'm on fire 

Babe, I'm on fire 

The menstruating jewess says it 

The nervous stewardess says it 

The hijacker, the backpacker 

The cunning safecracker says 

Babe, I'm on fire 

Babe, I'm on fire 

The sports commentator says it 

The old alligator says it 

The tennis pro with his racquet 

The loon in the straight jacket 

Babe, I'm on fire 

Babe, I'm on fire 

[chorus] 

The butcher with his cleaver says it 

The mad basket weaver says it 

The jaded boxing writer 

And the glass-jawed fighter says 

Babe, I'm on fire 

Babe, I'm on fire 

The old town cryer says it 

The inveterate liar says it 

The pilchard, the bream 

And the trout in the stream 

Babe, I'm on fire 

Babe, I'm on fire 

The war correspondent says it 

The enthused and the despondent says it 

The electrician, the mortician 

And the man going fishin' says 

Babe, I'm on fire 

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 sea 

Babe, I'm on fire 

Babe, I'm on fire 

The silicone junky says it 

The corporate flunky says it 

The italian designer 

With his rickshaw in china says 

Babe, I'm on fire 

Babe, I'm on fire 

[chorus] 

The trucker with his juggernaut says it 

The lost astronaut says it 

The share cropper, the bent copper 

The compulsive shopper says 

Babe, I'm on fire 

Babe, I'm on fire 

The viennese vampire says it 

The cowboy round his campfire says it 

The game show panellist 

The jungian analyst says 

Babe, I'm on fire 

Babe, I'm on fire 

Warren says it, blixa says it 

The lighting guy and mixer says it 

Mick says it, marty says it 

Everyone at the party says 

Babe, I'm on fire 

Babe, I'm on fire 

The hairy arachnophobic says it 

The scary agoraphobic says it 

The mother, the brother 

And the decomposing lover says 

Babe, I'm on fire 

Babe, I'm on fire 

[chorus]