Mercury Poisoning Lyrics - Graham Parker

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

 

CHORUS

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