Shriekback - New Man lyrics

(Introducing... a special creature) This is a song of greed and vision He is a man of wealth and pride He rocks back and forward Moves from side to side Polishing little wheels of commerce He keeps his flag unfurled He is a master of disguise A citizen of the world His unease is getting special His time is coming now Here's our New Man Well his unease is getting special And his time is coming now Here's our New Man Holding a mirror up to nature Nature doesn't seem to care Holding it underwater Waving it in the air His experiments are famous And fit loosely round the facts They're held together with glue and pins And tape and wax Hammering out a new aesthetic With his fur and wire and fire Here's our New Man Hammering out a new aesthetic With his fur and wire and fire Here's our New Man And you can't hide, you can't hide It's got no ceilings it's got gla** sides Devil's work is what he do Here's our New Man He is called the human nest-egg Is known as Prince of Leaves He is hidden now but you can see The bubbles where he breathes He has mastered all the hard things And is difficult to shock Has a muscle on the bottom Which attaches him to the rocks It was the Devil made him do it With his little shining eyes Here's our New Man It was the Devil made him do it With his little shining eyes Here's our New Man It was the Devil made him do it With his little shining eyes Here's our New Man It was the Devil Gonna make him do it Here's our New Man Here's our New Man... Here's our New Man... Here's our New Man... Here's our New Man...