Story Behind The Song
This demonstrates how the term "nuclear submarine" can fit into a love song.
Song Description
Traditionalo twelve-bar blues with non-traditional lyrics: monkey wrenches, lava lamps and nuclear submarines all play a role in this lament about an unfaithful woman.
| Song Length |
3:58 |
Genre |
Blues - Rock, Rock - Roots/Rock n' Roll |
| Tempo |
Medium Fast (131 - 150) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Distressed, Irritated |
Subject |
Fight, Frustration |
| Similar Artists |
Stevie Ray Vaughan, Chuck Berry |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Fish-eyed fool © 1994, Words and Music by John Gahl
I got a hard-hearted woman, treat me mean and cruel
I got a hard-hearted woman, treat me mean and cruel
She goes on about her business, leaves me to play the fish-eyed fool
I'm just a fly in your ointment, baby, a monkey wrench in your machine
I'm just a fly in your ointment, baby, a monkey wrench in your machine
I?m a cockroach on your ceiling, the size of a nuclear submarine.
I smoke ?em if I got ?em but I like to roll my own
Mouth to mouth resuscitation is less effective on the telephone
Ohh baby, you treat me mean and cruel
Just go on about your business, leave me to play the fish-eyed fool
I?m your velvet Elvis baby, hanging right up overhead
I?m your iridescent velvet Elvis, hangin? right there overhead
I?m a ever lovin? lava lamp, bubblin? away beside your bed.
I?m a radio receiver, got your signal in my tubes
I got all the wrong resistors, even with the plug out, got your signal in my tubes
I wanna wind up your Victrola, drop my needle in your groove.