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I spy for the "Spirit of Curiosity"
<noinclude>{{Lyrics for|Episode Of Blonde}}</noinclude>
 
I spy for the "Spirit of Curiosity"<br>
All the scandals of each vain monstrosity
All the scandals of each vain monstrosity<br>
 
I gossip and I pry and I insinuate<br>
I gossip and I pry and I insinuate
If the failure is great<br>
 
Then it tends to fascinate<br>
If the failure is great
<br>
 
A tornado dropped a funnel cloud with twenty tons of rain<br>
Then it tends to fascinate
Though she had the attention span of warm cellophane<br>
 
Her lovers fell like Skittles in a 10-pin bowling lane<br>
 
But nothing could compare with the explosion of fame<br>
 
<br>
A tornado dropped a funnel cloud with twenty tons of rain
So you jumped back with alarm<br>
 
Every Elvis has his army<br>
Though she had the attention span of warm cellophane
Every rattlesnake its charm<br>
 
Can you still hear me?<br>
Her lovers fell like Skittles in a 10-pin bowling lane
Am I coming through just fine?<br>
 
Your memory was buried in simple box of pine<br>
But nothing could compare with the explosion of fame
<br>
 
{{Chorus}}:<br>
 
Did her green eyes seduce you and make you get so weak?<br>
 
Was there fire engine red that she left upon your cheek?<br>
So you jumped back with alarm
It's such a shame you had to break the heart you could have counted on<br>
 
But the last thing you need is another episode of blonde<br>
Every Elvis has his army
<br>
 
Revolving like a jeweller's figure on a music box<br>
Every rattlesnake its charm
Spangled curtain parted and night-club scene unlocks<br>
 
Pinned and fixed and fastened in a follow spot<br>
Can you still hear me?
Arms thrown out to everyone, she's giving all she's got<br>
 
To the last gasp of a wounded bandeon<br>
Am I coming through just fine?
A tiny man imploring to the ceiling fan this stolen feeling<br>
 
Amplified up through a busted speaker<br>
Your memory was buried in simple box of pine
Blaring, blasting, advertising, distorted beyond reason<br>
 
Into the street where petty crime-coats shadow panic drunkards<br>
 
Half out of the taxi-cab the barker seized my elbow<br>
 
He thought I was another lonely, likely pilgrim looking for St. Telmo<br>
''Chorus:''
<br>
 
{{Chorus}}<br>
Did her green eyes seduce you and make you get so weak?
<br>
 
I tried to keep a straight face but you know it never pays<br>
Was there fire engine red that she left upon your cheek?
He would stare into those eyes and then vacation in her gaze<br>
 
She was a cute little ruin that he pulled out of the rubble<br>
It's such a shame you had to break the heart you could have counted on
Now they're both living in a soft soap bubble<br>
 
<br>
But the last thing you need is another episode of blonde
The film producer's contemplating, entertaining suicide<br>
 
The picture crumpled in his fist, his runaway child bride<br>
 
The timepiece stretched across his wrist<br>
 
She couldn't care less cast aside<br>
Revolving like a jeweller's figure on a music box
The scent that so repelled him that he swore: "insecticide"<br>
 
And there's farewell note to mother<br>
Spangled curtain parted and night-club scene unlocks
That will conclude "Your loving Son"<br>
 
"Oh, tell your other children not to do as I have done"<br>
Pinned and fixed and fastened in a follow spot
<br>
 
Did her green eyes seduce you and make you get so weak?<br>
Arms thrown out to everyone, she's giving all she's got
Or was there fire engine red that she left upon your cheek?<br>
 
It's such a shame<br>
To the last gasp of a wounded bandeon
It's such a shame, shame, shame<br>
 
A shame you had to break the heart you could have counted on<br>
A tiny man imploring to the ceiling fan this stolen feeling
But the last thing you need<br>
 
It's the last thing you want<br>
Amplified up through a busted speaker
Is another episode of blonde<br>
 
It's another episode of blonde, oh oh oh<br>
Blaring, blasting, advertising, distorted beyond reason
It's another episode of blonde<br>
 
<br>
Into the street where petty crime-coats shadow panic drunkards
So an artist drags a toothbrush across the first thing that he sees<br>
 
And names the painting "Christ's Last Exit into Purgatory"<br>
Half out of the taxi-cab the barker seized my elbow
Receiving secret messages from an alien intelligence<br>
 
Paying off his stalker it's a legitimate expense<br>
He thought I was another lonely, likely pilgrim looking for St. Telmo
So paste up pictures of those shrill and hollow girls with puckered lips<br>
 
She's a trophy on your arm, a magnet for your money clip<br>
 
The moral of this story is a sorry tale to say<br>
 
They're pieced with links of chains so they can never run away<br>
''(Repeat Chorus)''
<br>
 
<br>
 
Differences on '''''[[My Flame Burns Blue]]''''' version:<br>
 
<br>
I tried to keep a straight face but you know it never pays
I spy for the "Spirit of Curiosity"<br>
 
''On every vain, mediocre monstrosity''<br>
He would stare into those eyes and then vacation in her gaze
<br>
 
Half out of the taxi-cab the barker seized my elbow<br>
She was a cute little ruin that he pulled out of the rubble
''He said I was another lonely, likely victim looking for St. Telmo''<br>
 
<br>
Now they're both living in a soft soap bubble
That will conclude "Your loving Son"<br>
 
''"Oh, Mother tell your children not to do what I have done"''<br>
 
 
The film producer's contemplating, entertaining suicide
 
The picture crumpled in his fist, his runaway child bride
 
The timepiece stretched across his wrist
 
She couldn't care less cast aside
 
The scent that so repelled him that he swore: "insecticide"
 
And there's farewell note to mother
 
That will conclude "Your loving Son"
 
"Oh, tell your other children not to do as I have done"
 
 
 
Did her green eyes seduce you and make you get so weak?
 
Or was there fire engine red that she left upon your cheek?
 
It's such a shame
 
It's such a shame, shame, shame
 
A shame you had to break the heart you could have counted on
 
But the last thing you need
 
It's the last thing you want
 
Is another episode of blonde
 
It's another episode of blonde, oh oh oh
 
It's another episode of blonde
 
 
So an artist drags a toothbrush across the first thing that he sees
 
And names the painting "Christ's Last Exit into Purgatory"
 
Receiving secret messages from an alien intelligence
 
Paying off his stalker it's a legitimate expense
 
So paste up pictures of those shrill and hollow girls with puckered lips
 
She's a trophy on your arm, a magnet for your money clip
 
The moral of this story is a sorry tale to say
 
They're pieced with links of chains so they can never run away
 
 
'''My Flame Burns Blue version has some slight changes'''
 
I spy for the "Spirit of Curiosity"
 
''On every vain, mediocre monstrosity''
 
 
 
Half out of the taxi-cab the barker seized my elbow
 
''He said I was another lonely, likely victim looking for St. Telmo''
 
 
 
That will conclude "Your loving Son"  
 
''"Oh, Mother tell your children not to do what I have done"''

Latest revision as of 00:35, 25 April 2009

lyrics for
Episode Of Blonde

I spy for the "Spirit of Curiosity"
All the scandals of each vain monstrosity
I gossip and I pry and I insinuate
If the failure is great
Then it tends to fascinate

A tornado dropped a funnel cloud with twenty tons of rain
Though she had the attention span of warm cellophane
Her lovers fell like Skittles in a 10-pin bowling lane
But nothing could compare with the explosion of fame

So you jumped back with alarm
Every Elvis has his army
Every rattlesnake its charm
Can you still hear me?
Am I coming through just fine?
Your memory was buried in simple box of pine

(chorus):
Did her green eyes seduce you and make you get so weak?
Was there fire engine red that she left upon your cheek?
It's such a shame you had to break the heart you could have counted on
But the last thing you need is another episode of blonde

Revolving like a jeweller's figure on a music box
Spangled curtain parted and night-club scene unlocks
Pinned and fixed and fastened in a follow spot
Arms thrown out to everyone, she's giving all she's got
To the last gasp of a wounded bandeon
A tiny man imploring to the ceiling fan this stolen feeling
Amplified up through a busted speaker
Blaring, blasting, advertising, distorted beyond reason
Into the street where petty crime-coats shadow panic drunkards
Half out of the taxi-cab the barker seized my elbow
He thought I was another lonely, likely pilgrim looking for St. Telmo

(chorus)

I tried to keep a straight face but you know it never pays
He would stare into those eyes and then vacation in her gaze
She was a cute little ruin that he pulled out of the rubble
Now they're both living in a soft soap bubble

The film producer's contemplating, entertaining suicide
The picture crumpled in his fist, his runaway child bride
The timepiece stretched across his wrist
She couldn't care less cast aside
The scent that so repelled him that he swore: "insecticide"
And there's farewell note to mother
That will conclude "Your loving Son"
"Oh, tell your other children not to do as I have done"

Did her green eyes seduce you and make you get so weak?
Or was there fire engine red that she left upon your cheek?
It's such a shame
It's such a shame, shame, shame
A shame you had to break the heart you could have counted on
But the last thing you need
It's the last thing you want
Is another episode of blonde
It's another episode of blonde, oh oh oh
It's another episode of blonde

So an artist drags a toothbrush across the first thing that he sees
And names the painting "Christ's Last Exit into Purgatory"
Receiving secret messages from an alien intelligence
Paying off his stalker it's a legitimate expense
So paste up pictures of those shrill and hollow girls with puckered lips
She's a trophy on your arm, a magnet for your money clip
The moral of this story is a sorry tale to say
They're pieced with links of chains so they can never run away


Differences on My Flame Burns Blue version:

I spy for the "Spirit of Curiosity"
On every vain, mediocre monstrosity

Half out of the taxi-cab the barker seized my elbow
He said I was another lonely, likely victim looking for St. Telmo

That will conclude "Your loving Son"
"Oh, Mother tell your children not to do what I have done"