Velvet Goldmine movie - Dead Finks Don't Talk lyrics

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Song by Brian Eno<br /><br>

Oh cheeky cheeky <br>

Oh naughty sneaky <br>

You're so perceptive <br>

And I wonder how you knew. <br>

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But dead finks don't walk too well (oh no)<br>

A bad sense of direction (oh no)<br>

And so they stumble round in threes (oh no)<br>

Such a strange collection. <br>

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Oh, you headless chicken <br>

Can those poor teeth take so much kicking? <br>

You're always so charming <br>

As you make your way up here. <br>

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And dead finks don't dress too well <br>

No discrimination <br>

To be a zombie all the time <br>

Requires such dedication. <br>

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"Oh please sir, will you let it go by, <br>

'Cos I failed both tests with my legs both tied <br>

In my place the stuff is all there <br>

I've been ever so sad for a very long time. <br>

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My my, they wanted the works: <br>

Can you this? and that? I never got a letter back <br>

More fool me, bless my soul <br>

More fool me, bless my soul."<br>

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Oh perfect masters <br>

They thrive on disasters<br>

They all look so harmless <br>

Till they find their way up here. <br>

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But dead finks don't talk too well <br>

They've got a shaky sense of diction <br>

It's not so much a living hell <br>

It's just a dying fiction.<br>

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