Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Babe, I'm On Fire lyrics

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 k**er 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 f**ed-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 p**nographer, 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 Pica**o 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 h*mos**ual 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 gla**-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 an*lyst 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]