Mercury Poisoning Lyrics by Graham Parker

Mercury Poisoning Lyrics

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    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

    Chorus

    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

    Chorus, plus
    Yeah the best kept secret in the west the best kept secret in the west
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