Richard Thompson - Psycho Street lyrics

The book begins, Dear Sir, I don't know if you're interested, but

Your wife is a whore...

A man gets on a train and proceeds to take all his clothes off

He begins to play with himself-and he says,

In my country, this is definitely not offensive...

A man pours petrol through his neighbour's letterbox and throws in a match

Soon the house isengulfed in flames

As the neighbors jump

>From the upstairs window he films the whole thing on video

He plays it back to them later in hospital

Things have been pretty dull

At home without you, he says...

A man pushes a lawnmower two hundred miles on his knees

To the tomb of the unknown gardener

Great One, he cries,

I have done my penance

I bring my offering

Grant me-grant me-

Pest-free roses

CHORUS

Psycho Street, frinedly people down on

Psycho Street, good neighbours

Down on Psycho Street

If you need a hand, need a friend, we understand

If you need a pal, we'll be there, any how

Psycho Street

A man stakes his neighbour's ct to the barbecue

And turns on the gas

now are you going to talk he says,

Or am I going to have to get nasty...

A man has an inflatable doll made that looks exactly like his wife

He murders his wife, dissolves her body in acid, and marries the doll

Three years later he leaves her

For another doll...

A man hands his son a brick and says, son,

Throw this brick through the greenhouse next door

The boy does

The boy next door throws one back

It hits the man on the head and mortally wounds him

Ah well, he says as his lifeblood trickles away,

Boys will be boys...

A thoughtful woman sends her best friend a parcel

Inside, it says, is a free sample

Full body beauty treatment, but it really contains acids and chemicalls

When her friend tries it, her hair falls out,

Her face is wrinkled and her body scarred

The thoughtful turns to her husband and winks, and says.

Pre-emptive strike

CHORUS

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267@ef.gc.maricopa.edu The Lord Humungous!"

Glendale Community College, -The Road Warrior

Glendale, Arizona

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