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I'll write you up well<br> | I'll write you up well<br> | ||
Don't tell me twice<br> | Don't tell me twice<br> | ||
Or quote you directly or you'll pay the price<br> | |||
I'll peel off your skin like a thin veneer<br> | |||
If | If someone tells me something that I didn't hear from you<br> | ||
Who's got the dope<br> | Who's got the dope?<br> | ||
Who's got the potential<br> | Who's got the potential?<br> | ||
Hetty O'Hara Confidential<br> | Hetty O'Hara Confidential<br> | ||
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To a chalk-lined body that was full of slugs<br> | To a chalk-lined body that was full of slugs<br> | ||
She was trading favours for footnote plugs<br> | She was trading favours for footnote plugs<br> | ||
Who's got the needle<br> | Who's got the needle?<br> | ||
Who is fit to burst<br> | Who is fit to burst?<br> | ||
A morphine tattoo<br> | A morphine tattoo<br> | ||
An unquenchable thirst<br> | An unquenchable thirst<br> | ||
Who's got your girlfriend<br> | Who's got your girlfriend?<br> | ||
And who had her first<br> | And who had her first?<br> | ||
Reading her column was essential<br> | Reading her column was essential<br> | ||
Hetty O'Hara Confidential<br> | Hetty O'Hara Confidential<br> | ||
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If you can't take the heat<br> | If you can't take the heat<br> | ||
Or you can't take a joke<br> | Or you can't take a joke<br> | ||
Who's got the dope<br> | Who's got the dope?<br> | ||
Who's got the potential<br> | Who's got the potential?<br> | ||
Hetty O'Hara Confidential<br> | Hetty O'Hara Confidential<br> | ||
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If there | If there was a gentleman caller to a comely wench<br> | ||
And a snooping peeper in a coat of trench<br> | And a snooping peeper in a coat of trench<br> | ||
She'd place a line or two at the foot of the page<br> | |||
A cue or a clue to the latest rage<br> | A cue or a clue to the latest rage<br> | ||
With your true dimensions and your actual age<br> | |||
Trade a life of scandal for a career on the stage<br> | Trade a life of scandal for a career on the stage<br> | ||
These little things seem inconsequential<br> | These little things seem inconsequential<br> | ||
Except Hetty O'Hara Confidential<br> | Except to Hetty O'Hara Confidential<br> | ||
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On the night | On the night he came home from the debutante ball<br> | ||
Passed out drunk on the bathroom floor<br> | Passed out drunk on the bathroom floor<br> | ||
Call-girl called after taking a peek<br> | |||
At the secret drawer of atomic secrets<br> | At the secret drawer of atomic secrets<br> | ||
Repeating something that I whispered about<br> | Repeating something that I whispered about<br> | ||
They have to take it but they can't dish it out<br> | They have to take it but they can't dish it out<br> | ||
Who's cleaning up his act | Who's cleaning up his act?<br> | ||
And breaking the bank?<br> | |||
But unfortunately didn't remember to thank me<br> | But unfortunately didn't remember to thank me<br> | ||
But now the rumour is doing the rounds<br> | |||
That his only friends are villains and scoundrels<br> | That his only friends are villains and scoundrels<br> | ||
Her reputation curled like yellow smoke<br> | Her reputation curled like yellow smoke<br> | ||
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She had an unfortunate character trait<br> | She had an unfortunate character trait<br> | ||
The irresistible impulse to assassinate<br> | The irresistible impulse to assassinate<br> | ||
But the damage | But the damage it did was quite substantial<br> | ||
To Hetty O'Hara Confidential<br> | To Hetty O'Hara Confidential<br> | ||
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They got witch trials now with witches to spare<br> | They've got witch trials now with witches to spare<br> | ||
And a jukebox jury full of judgement and fury<br> | And a jukebox jury full of judgement and fury<br> | ||
With bright neon dresses and porn star hair<br> | With bright neon dresses and porn star hair<br> | ||
She was thrown to the wolves | She was thrown to the wolves or the dogs or the foxes<br> | ||
Once they had their fill of shares and stocks<br> | Once they'd had their fill of shares and stocks<br> | ||
Their gaze is unforgiving if your morals are lax<br> | |||
Pointing manicured fingers and making a mockery<br> | Pointing manicured fingers and making a mockery<br> | ||
With voices that sound like broken | With voices that sound like broken crockery<br> | ||
Hetty said I'm powerless and I feel alone<br> | Hetty said "I'm powerless and I feel alone<br> | ||
Now everyone has a megaphone<br> | Now everyone has a megaphone"<br> | ||
Who's got the dope<br> | Who's got the dope?<br> | ||
Who's got the potential<br> | Who's got the potential?<br> | ||
Hetty O'Hara Confidential<br> | Hetty O'Hara Confidential<br> | ||
Revision as of 04:13, 10 July 2020
Hetty O'Hara Confidential
Hetty said if you ask me nicely
I'll write you up well
Don't tell me twice
Or quote you directly or you'll pay the price
I'll peel off your skin like a thin veneer
If someone tells me something that I didn't hear from you
Who's got the dope?
Who's got the potential?
Hetty O'Hara Confidential
Those were different days
Those were different drugs
From a gold-plate palace with half-mast flags
To a chalk-lined body that was full of slugs
She was trading favours for footnote plugs
Who's got the needle?
Who is fit to burst?
A morphine tattoo
An unquenchable thirst
Who's got your girlfriend?
And who had her first?
Reading her column was essential
Hetty O'Hara Confidential
She could kill a man with a single stroke
She is not the one you want to provoke
If you can't take the heat
Or you can't take a joke
Who's got the dope?
Who's got the potential?
Hetty O'Hara Confidential
If there was a gentleman caller to a comely wench
And a snooping peeper in a coat of trench
She'd place a line or two at the foot of the page
A cue or a clue to the latest rage
With your true dimensions and your actual age
Trade a life of scandal for a career on the stage
These little things seem inconsequential
Except to Hetty O'Hara Confidential
On the night he came home from the debutante ball
Passed out drunk on the bathroom floor
Call-girl called after taking a peek
At the secret drawer of atomic secrets
Repeating something that I whispered about
They have to take it but they can't dish it out
Who's cleaning up his act?
And breaking the bank?
But unfortunately didn't remember to thank me
But now the rumour is doing the rounds
That his only friends are villains and scoundrels
Her reputation curled like yellow smoke
She named the wrong man in the story she broke
She had an unfortunate character trait
The irresistible impulse to assassinate
But the damage it did was quite substantial
To Hetty O'Hara Confidential
They've got witch trials now with witches to spare
And a jukebox jury full of judgement and fury
With bright neon dresses and porn star hair
She was thrown to the wolves or the dogs or the foxes
Once they'd had their fill of shares and stocks
Their gaze is unforgiving if your morals are lax
Pointing manicured fingers and making a mockery
With voices that sound like broken crockery
Hetty said "I'm powerless and I feel alone
Now everyone has a megaphone"
Who's got the dope?
Who's got the potential?
Hetty O'Hara Confidential
