Put your hand down, boy,
Welcome to my zoo.
Put your head inside
My big black wild while
I can still help you.
See the snake-baboon,
Funky, chic and smooth.
Honey, can you spy
The divine ape-swine?
'Cause he can see you.
I'm a man, I'm a twisted fool,
My hands are twisted too,
Five fingers, two black hooves.
I'm a man, don't spin me a lie,
Got toes and I can smile,
I'm crooked but upright.
‘And all I ever want
Is just a little love',
I said in purrs under the palms.
‘And all I ever want is breaking me apart',
I said to the thing that I once was.
I'm a man, I'm a twisted fool,
My hands are twisted too,
Five fingers, two black hooves.
I'm a man, don't spin me a lie,
Got toes and I can smile,
I'm crooked but upright.
To the left now, boy,
Underneath the moon,
By the thick tan sand
And the tall thin grass
One more thing for you.
See the distant flume
In the sleepy dunes,
Makes my nerves clench close
And my bones go cold
When I see that room.
‘And all I ever want
Is just a little love',
I said in purrs under the palms.
And all I ever want
Is breaking me apart.
I'm a man, I'm a twisted fool,
My hands are twisted too,
Five fingers, two black hooves.
I'm a man, don't spin me a lie,
Got toes and I can smile,
I'm crooked but upright.