The Hotknives - Communication lyrics

He said that he liked her new dress She heard that her hair was a mess And when he gazed down at her knee She thought she was no company Put a smile before the pillow and the whole charade. Build a fire in the setting sun. Pick an olive from an olive tree but leave the branch It's not for you, so don't you run. Communication Communication Communication Breakdown Lay down. Foxtrot. Uganda, Cat, Knife Officers, two men from Fife The one who they said was berserk An old English name for a berk Took a stand in the middle of a sandwich bar. Took a dozen rolls, to a speeding car Found an olive in the salad from the sandwich bar The door ajar, but not our car. Communication Communication Communication Breakdown Lay down. They ran to the hills out in Rome Two valuables wouldn't come home. And here they'd decide to regroup Put play to the happening coup Asked the milkman for lift, in a speeding float. Took a while to say, in a Spanish way. Told the stony of a riot on a pleasure boat A slight delay, yesterday. Communication Communication Communication Breakdown Lay down.