Waterboys - Be My Enemy lyrics

rate me

(Mike Scott)

Well the dawn it is howlin'

and the mainframe shakes

I feel like I've been sleepin' in

a cellarful of snakes

My wings have been clipped

and my shoes have been stuck with glue

Well if you'll be my enemy

I'll be your enemy too

Now I've got goons on my landing

thieves on my trail

Nazis on my telephone

willing me to fail

they were all sent by someone

Obviously you!

Well if you'll be my enemy

I'll be your enemy too

I've got a bucketful of Babylon

I got a handful of lead

I'm gonna put them in a gun man

point it at your head

because you stole all my friends

and you gave me the buffalo blues

Well if you'll be my enemy

I'll be your enemy too

Now from the slime on your tongue

to the nails on your toes

from the scales on your skin

to the stains on your clothes

you're gonna make me have to do somethin'

that I do not want to do

but if you will be my enemy

I'll be your enemy too

My hands are tied

I'm nailed to the floor

feel like I'm knockin' on the

Unknown Door

there's a gun at my back

a blade at my throat

I keep on findin' hate mail

in the pockets of my coat

Well I've been trying to grow

I been coolin' my heels

I have been workin' in the fields

and I can't get to sleep

I can't catch my breath

I can't stop talkin' and I

look like death!

but I will put right this disgrace

I will rearrange you

If you'll be my enemy

I'll be your enemy too

If you'll be my enemy

I'll be your enemy too

Be my enemy!