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Myxomatosis by Radiohead

The mongrel cat came home
Holding half a head
Proceeded to show it off
To all his newfound friends
He said "I been where I liked
I slept with who I like
She ate me up for breakfast
She screwed me in a vice
But now I don't know why I feel so tongue-tied"

I sat in the cupboard
And wrote it down neat
They were cheering and waving
Cheering and waving
Twitching and salivating like with myxomatosis
But it got edited, ****** up
Strangled, beaten up
Used in a photo in Time magazine
Buried in a burning black hole in Devon
And I don’t know why I feel so tongue-tied
Don’t know why I feel so skinned alive
My thoughts are misguided and a little naïve
I twitch and I salivate like with myxomatosis
You should put me in a home
Or you should put me down
I got myxomatosis
I got myxomatosis
Yeah, no one likes a smart-ass but we all like stars
But that wasn't my intention
I did it for a reason
It must have got mixed up
Strangled, beaten up
I got myxomatosis
I got myxomatosis
I don’t know why I feel so tongue-tied