Edwyn Collins - The Magic Piper (Of Love) lyrics

I'm through with love hangovers,

It's best that I stay sober.

No rolling in the clover,

No Gretna Green trip over.

No honeymoon in Paris,

I only feel embarrassed

For the cool cats,

The charmed kittens,

Both smitten by the love songs

That he's written.

Caught in the sights

Of a deadly sniper:

The magic piper of love.

The magic piper of love.

Of love, of love.

My girlfriend, she go blotto

Of cunnings and his grotto.

It turns out he's a dirty old man.

The nice place that I want to be,

Is sat up on this Christmas tree,

While playing these games of

Catch as catch can.

Cause he's a sweet talker,

A silent stalker.

All the savvy of a street walker.

More deadly than a horned viper:

The magic piper of love.

The magic piper of love.

Of love, of love.

He's a heart breaker,

A mover and a shaker:

The magic piper of love.

It's kind of hard to swallow,

You know you've gotta follow,

The magic piper of love.

Cause he's a city slicker,

An expert politic-er:

The magic piper of love.

Of love, of love.

Of love, of love.

Of love, of love.