Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Babe, I´m On Fire
Father says it, mother says it Sister says it, brother says it Uncle says it, Auntie says it Everyone at the party says Babe, I´m on fire Babe, I´m on fire The horse says it, the pig says it The judge in his wig says it The fox and the rabbit And the nun in her habit says Babe, I´m on fire Babe, I´m on fire My mate Bill Gates says it The President of the United States says it The slacker and the worker The girl in her burqa says Babe, I´m on fire Babe, I´m on fire The general with his tank says it The man at the bank says it The soldier with his rocket And the mouse in my pocket says Babe, I´m on fire SongtexteBabe, I´m on fire The drug-addled wreck With a needle in his neck says it The drunk says it, punk says it The brave Buddhist monk says Babe, I´m on fire Babe, I´m on fire Hit me up, baby, and knock me down Drop what you´re doing and come around We can hold hands till the sun goes down Cause I know That you And I Can be Together Cause I love you The blind referee says it The unlucky amputee says it The giant killer bee Landing on my knee says Babe, I´m on fire Babe, I´m on fire The cop with his breathalyser The paddy with his fertiliser The man in the basement That´s getting a taste for it says Babe, I´m on fire Babe, I´m on fire The fucked-up Rastafarian says it The dribbling libertarian says it The sweet little Goth With the ears of cloth says Babe, I´m on fire Babe´ I´m on fire The cross-over country singer says it The hump-backed bell ringer says it The swinger, the flinger The outraged right-winger says Babe, I´m on fire Babe, I´m on fire The man going hiking says it The misunderstood Viking says it The man at the rodeo And the lonely old Eskimo says Babe, I´m on fire Babe, I´m on fire Chorus The mild little Christian says it The wild Sonny Liston says it The pimp and the gimp And the guy with the limp says Babe, I´m on fire Babe, I´m on fire The blind piano tuner says it The Las Vegas crooner says it The hooligan mooner Holding a schooner says Babe, I´m on fire Babe, I´m on fire The Chinese contortionist says it The backyard abortionist says it The poor Pakistani With his lamb Bhirriani says Babe, I´m on fire Babe, I´m on fire The hopeless defendant says it The toilet attendant says it The pornographer, the stenographer The fashion photographer says Babe, I´m on fire Babe, I´m on fire The college professor says it The vicious cross-dresser says it Grandma and Grandpa In the back of the car says Babe, I´m on fire Babe, I´m on fire Chorus The hack at the doorstep says it The midwife with her forceps says it The demented young lady Who is roasting her baby On the fire Babe, I´m on fire The athlete with his hernia says it Picasso with his Guernica says it My wife with her furniture Everybody! Babe, I´m on fire Babe, I´m on fire The laughing hyena says it The homesick polish cleaner says it The man from the Klan With a torch in his hand says Babe, I´m on fire Babe, I´m on fire The Chinese herbologist says it The Christian apologist says it The dog and the frog Sitting on a log says Babe, I´m on fire Babe, I´m on fire The foxhunting toff says it The horrible moth says it The doomed homosexual With the persistent cough says Babe, I´m on fire Babe, I´m on fire Chorus The Papist with his soul says it The rapist on a roll says it Jack says it, Jill says it As they roll down the hill Babe, I´m on fire Babe, I´m on fire The clever circus flea says it The sailor on the sea says it The man from the Daily Mail With his dead refugee says Babe, I´m on fire Babe, I´m on fire The hymen-busting Zulu says it The proud kangaroo says it The koala, the echidna And the platypus too says Babe, I´m on fire Babe, I´m on fire The disgraced country vicar says it The crazed guitar picker says it The beatnik, the peacenik The apparachick says Babe, I´m on fire Babe, I´m on fire The deranged midnight stalker says it Garcia Lorca says it The hit man, Walt Whitman And the haliototic talker says Babe, I´m on fire Babe, I´m on fire Chorus The wine taster with his nose says it The fireman with his hose says it The pedestrian, the equestrian The tap-dancer with his toes says Babe, I´m on fire Babe, I´m on fire The beast in the beauty pageant The pimply real estate agent The beach-comber, the roamer The girl in a coma says Babe, I´m on fire Babe, I´m on fire The old rock´n´roller With his two-seater stroller And the fan in the van With the abominable plan says Babe, I´m on fire Babe, I´m on fire The menstruating Jewess says it The nervous stewardess says it The hijacker, the backpacker The cunning safecracker says Babe, I´m on fire Babe, I´m on fire The sports commentator says it The old alligator says it The tennis pro with his racquet The loon in the straight jacket Babe, I´m on fire Babe, I´m on fire Chorus The butcher with his cleaver says it The mad basket weaver says it The jaded boxing writer And the glass-jawed fighter says Babe, I´m on fire Babe, I´m on fire The old town cryer says it The inveterate liar says it The pilchard, the bream And the trout in the stream Babe, I´m on fire Babe, I´m on fire The war correspondent says it The enthused and the despondent says it The electrician, the mortician And the man going fishin´ says Babe, I´m on fire Babe, I´m on fire The cattleman from Down Under says it The patriot with his plunder says it Watching a boat of full of refugees Sinking into the sea Babe, I´m on fire Babe, I´m on fire The silicone junky says it The corporate flunky says it The Italian designer With his rickshaw in China says Babe, I´m on fire Babe, I´m on fire Chorus The trucker with his juggernaut says it The lost astronaut says it The share cropper, the bent copper The compulsive shopper says Babe, I´m on fire Babe, I´m on fire The Viennese vampire says it The cowboy round his campfire says it The game show panellist The Jungian analyst says Babe, I´m on fire Babe, I´m on fire Warren says it, Blixa says it The lighting guy and mixer says it Mick says it, Marty says it Everyone at the party says Babe, I´m on fire Babe, I´m on Fire The hairy arachnophobic says it The scary agoraphobic says it The mother, the brother And the decomposing lover says Babe, I´m on fire Babe, I´m on fire Chorus Aus Songtexte Mania