Ian Anderson - Strip Cartoon lyrics

Fish and chips, sandpaper lips and a rainy pavement Soho lights, another night --- thinking of you Black cat, sat on a wall, winks at me darkly Suggesting ways and means that I might win a smile --- Aas you leave the place where you work until 12.30 And the policemen nods as you pa** along his beat Sweaty feet, troubled brow -- we're all in the same game, lady Life's no bowl of cherries --- it's a black and white strip cartoon I've been warned that you and your friends are crazy As from your hearts you bare your parts to the gentlemen Who, while they drool, trying to keep cool, spill their Scotch and water But I'm not that way, I must say --- I'd much prefer to see you in your texturised rubber rainwear around 12.30 Come and play shades of grey in my black and white strip cartoon Strip cartoon is all I'm after Strip cartoon is all I crave --- So come to my place around 12.30 'cos I'm a leading politician at a dangerous age