Graham Parker - Mercury Poisoning Lyrics

INTRO C C C G Bb F C G Bb F

C G Bb F C G Bb F
No more pretending now, the albatross is dying in its nest C G
The company is crippling me, Bb F Am Am
the worst trying to ruin the best, the best
Bb C
Their promotion's so lame
Bb C
They could never ever take it to the real ball game
F G
Maybe they think I'm a pet
F
Well I've got all the diseases G G G
I'm breaking out in sweat, you bet, because

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C G Bb F
I got, Mercury poisoning
C G Bb F
It's fatal and it don't get better
C G Bb F
I got, Mercury poisoning Bb C G Bb F C G Bb F
The best kept secret in the we--est, hey the we--est


The boys and me are getting real well known around town
But every time we try to spread the action
Someone always brings it down, down
I ate the orange and I don't feel well
For them it's inconvenience for me it's hell
The geriatric staff think we're freaks
They couldn't sell kebabs to the Greeks, the geeks
Inaction speaks, and

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BRIDGE
Am G Am G
Is this a Russian conspiracy, no it's just idiocy
F G
Is this a Chinese burn
Am G Am G
I gotta dinosaur for a representative
F G
It's got a small brain and refuses to learn

Bb F G
Their promotion's so lame
Bb F G
They could never ever take it to the real ball game
F G
Listen I ain't a pet
F G
I aint a token hipster, in your monopoly set G
You bet because

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Yeah the best kept secret in the west The best kept secret in the west