Stephin Merritt - A Chicken with Its Head Cut Off lyrics

[Verse 1] Eligible, not too stupid Intelligible and cute as Cupid Knowledgeable, but not always right Salvageable and free for the night [Chorus] Well my heart's running 'round like a chicken with its head cut off All around the barnyard falling in and out of love The poor thing's blind as a bat Getting up, falling down, getting up Who'd fall in love with a chicken with its head cut off? (Whoa, Nellie) [Verse 2] My wife doesn't understand me Many dozens hope to land me I'm for free love, and I'm in free fall This could be love or nothing at all… [Chorus] [Verse 3] We don't have to be stars exploding in the night Or electric eels under the covers We don't have to be anything quite so unreal Let's just be lovers… [Chorus] (It ain't pretty)