One in Six Lyrics

He'd tell his mother how to

Catch butterflies in plastic tubes

To crush, crush, crush them into paste

But now his neck-tie has him

He scours the newspaper for clues

About how his tails get tucked away

For the day, every day

Clickety-click-click-clickety-click

This bastard's favourite threnody

Is five clicks and a bang

A halting, reckless fantasy

He dreamt to chase the rain away

A dancing, dirge-ious, curious clink

One wonders what his wife will think

He'll dance to one in six

He remembers how to type,

And when it's best to clear the room

He remembers daddy's hand-shake

Slap-slap, you'll be a man soon

He wants to chill the waters

He wants to stew in silence

He wants to play the victim

Wants to snap-snap the carousel shut

Clickety-click-click-clickety-click

This bastard's favourite threnody

Is five clicks and a bang

A halting, reckless fantasy

He dreamt to chase the rain away

A dancing, dirge-eous curious clink

One wonders what his wife will think

He'll dance to one in six