(That sounds so nice) She did somethin' for me one time The gesture was sweet Said "I'm doin' this for you, darlin' Don't leave it on the street With all those people Don't you know anything?" Drinkin' steadily into the night Doin' a sailor's dance Far below the clock towers height I fell into her hands She said, "I've got perfect virgin's feet So come rest your head" Recall the dyin' emperor Is that all we can remember? We gotta have animal fat The stone-age knife is blunt and bloody I thought you were a quicker study still We gotta have animal fat My ancestors built society by conquering the sea (the sea, the sea) Can't explain the source of sour poise (?) comin' on through me The western people They don't know anything Recall the dyin' emporer Is that all we can remember? We gotta have animal fat The stone-age knife is blunt and bloody I thought you were a quicker study still We gotta have animal fat Animal fat Animal fat