Lyrics

COCK-A-ROACH
(words and music by David E Johnston)

So I found myself in a brokedown place
in a mental ward somewhere in outer space
In a yellow room, on a metal bed
staring at the walls with a mixed up head
Then I noticed something move
Who Goes There? in this yellow room
Something insect, something black
takes a detour from its insect shack
Cock-a-roach
crawling ‘cross my wall
you got a thousand legs
and I hear them all
Antennae poking round the cracks
do you know my mind has snapped
Cock-a-roach, scurry on my back
Nurse I need my medication
I got an itch to scratch
Jumping out my epidermis
In this booby hatch
All the people - the world’s debris
All the nuts in the acorn tree
All the people- just us freaks
All my friends- the beasts we be
Nurse I need my medication
got an itch to scratch
Jumpin out my epidermis
in this booby hatch
In the common room
I feel it on me
In the quiet room
I feel it on me
When they watch me shower
I feel it on me
Watch me shave
I feel it on me
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