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Mumbo Jumbo Lyrics by Squeeze

East Side Story

1981

[Verse 1]
Eyebrows plucked and toenails cut
I'll pick you up with a little luck, all prim and proper
Shaven legs and calls to Fred
It all depends o' alright then, I can not stop her
The makeup box has always got
Ever such a lot of odds and sods in there to offer

She needs paints to make her face
And make her late again and again
So I'll knock her
The tick is tocker

[Chorus]
Mumbo jumbo words to say
Are you coming out
Coming out to play?
With a broken nose on a sunny day
I would bet, I would bet
None of these girls would ever care
Or get upset, or get upset

[Verse 2]
Short and fat with a fishnet hat
And a hungry cat in a nice new flat with her Scrabble
Sits by the phone when she's all alone
And on her own it's a mental home full of babble
Writes with charm to uncle farm
With a broken arm in a broken barn, feeds the cattle

She hears the hens as she takes the pen
And it's now and now it's then
She would saddle
The dip is dabbled

[Chorus]
Mumbo jumbo words to say
Are you coming out
Coming out to play?
With a broken nose on a sunny day
I would bet, I would bet
None of these girls would ever care
Or get upset, or get upset

[Verse 3]
Kissing curls and boyish girls
For all the pearls in all the world wouldn't have me
If I had oil and money to spoil
I'd mix with loyal and I get some royal little lassie
I'm up at nine down the line
To watch the time till half past five
I wish they'd sack me

She's at home the milkman's home
She hears her phone, the seeds are sown
It makes her happy
The chip is chappie

[Chorus]
Oh, mumbo jumbo words to say
Are you coming out
Coming out to play?
With a broken nose on a sunny day
I would bet, I would bet
None of these girls would ever care
Or get upset, or get upset
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About “Mumbo Jumbo” by Squeeze

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"Mumbo Jumbo" is credited to Squeeze. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"Mumbo Jumbo" appears on "East Side Story" in 1981.

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