So your moment came you were sitting on the loo Thinking of the things you wished you had the balls to do Your dark side was loud & clear deep down in the dumps Picking over cracking bones and old breadcrumbs Look at you you're just a joke with ketchup on your tie Not to mention collars - they'd give the dead a fright Your leather and your motorbikes won't help you know But I've still got my poetry and you've lost your fake tan
And I see apes in the aeroplanes and fish in the trees And when all is said and done who will marry me?
Meander here wander there just go as you please That's no way to live your life as far as I can see I thought I sent my form in to the powers that be With your memory like a civet you probably sent a tree I love the smell of morning in the morning when we rise The market hates uncertainty so wake and hold on tight Flat head, countersunk or just zinc-coated I don't care just screw them all hard against the wall
And I see apes in the aeroplanes and fish in the trees And when all is said and done who will marry me?
What the devil have you done to the jewel in your crown I bought a bird of paradise I put my payment down I wish upon the satellites as good as all the stars I wish upon the city lights and pushing taxi cars My family trees a sorry tale I tell it in the pub Except there's no-one listening just coin-collecting cubs Some years ago I fell to earth and landed in the woods Maybe you are half a tree with only half your goods
And I see apes in the aeroplanes and fish in the trees And when all is said and done who will marry me?