LOVERMAN Graham Parker

I can take those riff raff 

and get them out of your hair 

Clean up your doorstep and polish your chair 

I could move your house slightly to the left 

Squeeze you till you're breathless 

then breathe you full of breath 

I can give the Zulu's a point to their spears 

I can give the lechers a reason for their leers 

I can give the angels a need to be alive 

I can get the bees a buzzin' in their hive

 

CHORUS 

I can get you flyin' baby higher than a kite 

you know I can Oh baby I can 

I would stop my cryin' if you'd only let me 

be your loverman

 

The people that you hang with 

well you know they're not my style 

I'd like to sort of kill them at least for a short while 

They treat me like a lackey they call me a yob 

They made me build their outhouse 

though they know that ain't my job 

I know I seem edgy but that's because I'm sharp 

I know I could pluck you like the strings of a harp 

I know I seem jumpy but it's not amphetamine 

It's just that certain parts of me are gettin' out of line

 

CHORUS 

I could press your buttons I can fly you like a kite 

You know I can, oh baby I can 

I could be a glutton for you

if you let me be your loverman

 

I know you don 't think much of me 

but these jerks you're attracted to 

I'll make 'em look like monkeys hangin' up in the zoo 

cos I could charm the birds right out of the sky 

at least if they were flightless and couldn't really fly 

Did I tell you I was lucky did I tell you I was charmed 

Did I tell you you'd look perfect hangin' on my arm 

Did I tell you I had money in a safe deposit 

Did I tell you last night I found Elvis hangin' up in my closet 

Well maybe I'm borin' you it looks like you're bored 

Well it hurts to be crucified but it's worse to be ignored

 

Repeat 1st chorus