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It's a chilly Florentine evening
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Two men in evening hats
It's a chilly Florentine evening, two men in evening hats<br>
Telling tales of the underground and
Telling tales of the underground and fishing for rats<br>
fishing for Reds
Policemen armed with Uzis stand guard but they don't speak<br>
Policemen armed with Uzis
Ain't seen no Michelangelo, he'll be here next week<br>
stand guard but they don't speak
<br>
Ain't seen no Michaeangelo
The girl in shoes with crystal heels is chaperoned by her brother<br>
he'll be here next week.
They raise a glass of amber wine, take pictures of each other<br>
The girl in the shoes
Of the policemen in the fountains and the sickle and the hammer<br>
with the crystal heels went chaperoned by her brother
And they came with Uncle Romulus with his walking cane and camera<br>
They raise a glass of amber wine
<br>
take pictures of each other
She looked like someone's girlfriend<br>
of the policemen in the fountains
She looked like a dream<br>
and the sickle and the hammer
She looked as unlikely<br>
and they came with Uncle Romulus
As the people's limousine<br>
with his walking cane and camera
<br>
She looked like someone's girlfriend
Come and sit by me, girl, before I breathe the breath out of you<br>
she looked like a dream
Hush your mouth and cover your eyes 'for I tell your father of you<br>
she looked as unlikely
He paid to have you painted in the company of angels<br>
as the people's limousine.
Only to find you flirting anew with Chico Marx and perverted Engels<br>
Come and sit by me, girl, before I breathe the breath out of you
<br>
Hush your mouth and cover your eyes for I'll tell your father of you
She looked like someone's girlfriend<br>
He paid to have you painted in the company of angels
She looked like a dream<br>
Only to find you flirting anew with Chico Marx and perverted Engels
She looked as unlikely<br>
The patron saint of television smiles down from the shelf
As the people's limousine<br>
Romulus can't criticize but he can't bless himself
<br>
He has a tin of pea-green paint and a big roll of black tape
The patron saint of television smiles down from the shelf<br>
To vandalize these obscenities then make his escape
Romulus can't criticize but he can't bless himself<br>
She walked up to the nice policeman and asked him for a match
He has a tin of pea-green paint and a big roll of black tape<br>
He saw Romulus approaching and slipped off the safety catch
To vandalize these obscenities then make his escape<br>
Then cut down her uncle, he was painted red and green
<br>
Just as she was kidnapped in the people's limousine.
She walked up to the nice policeman and asked him for a match<br>
He saw Romulus approaching and slipped off the safety catch<br>
Then cut down her uncle, he was painted red and green<br>
Just as she was kidnapped in the people's limousine<br>
<br>
She looked like someone's girlfriend<br>
She looked like a dream<br>
She looked so unlikely<br>
In the people's limousine<br>

Latest revision as of 23:06, 18 May 2009

lyrics for
The People's Limousine

It's a chilly Florentine evening, two men in evening hats
Telling tales of the underground and fishing for rats
Policemen armed with Uzis stand guard but they don't speak
Ain't seen no Michelangelo, he'll be here next week

The girl in shoes with crystal heels is chaperoned by her brother
They raise a glass of amber wine, take pictures of each other
Of the policemen in the fountains and the sickle and the hammer
And they came with Uncle Romulus with his walking cane and camera

She looked like someone's girlfriend
She looked like a dream
She looked as unlikely
As the people's limousine

Come and sit by me, girl, before I breathe the breath out of you
Hush your mouth and cover your eyes 'for I tell your father of you
He paid to have you painted in the company of angels
Only to find you flirting anew with Chico Marx and perverted Engels

She looked like someone's girlfriend
She looked like a dream
She looked as unlikely
As the people's limousine

The patron saint of television smiles down from the shelf
Romulus can't criticize but he can't bless himself
He has a tin of pea-green paint and a big roll of black tape
To vandalize these obscenities then make his escape

She walked up to the nice policeman and asked him for a match
He saw Romulus approaching and slipped off the safety catch
Then cut down her uncle, he was painted red and green
Just as she was kidnapped in the people's limousine

She looked like someone's girlfriend
She looked like a dream
She looked so unlikely
In the people's limousine