Intro Verso 1: Now you're talking in headlines Up to the minute and free Stop, press, hold the front page Up as a mirror Are you – reading me? Watch you walking in waltz time A jigsaw puzzle in tune Or are you faking a straight line? To suit yourself too soon Rather nouveau than never Contemporary ideal Some natural kind of poet might slow it But she sells – more my speed Instrumental Verso 2: She sells country and modern Ancient western song Of or-iental confusion You so right, me so wrong Now, you're fixing to fly me Auto-erotic, please Of the break that you're gliding Your lingerie's a gift-wrap Slip it to me Interlude: Ponte: Nine till five, the daily grind Made-up lies, make up my mind Same machine Consuming me, consuming you Outro Oh, why? – Oh, why? She sells, – I need Oh, why? – Oh, why? She sells, – I need Oh, why? – Oh, why? She sells, – I need Oh, why? – Oh, why? She sells, – I need Oh, why? – Oh, why? She sells, – I need

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