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

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