The Surgeon General Lyrics

The Surgeon General

Well the Surgeon General
He passed the word
Sent it down to the Governor
And everybody heard
It ain't safe
It ain't safe
Living in these modern times
We're dreaming of.


He said
Your relationship is dust.
You ain't no cuckold
She ain't no China Doll
I ain't no crocodile
I ain't no Crocodile Dundee.

In silver times
You see the flash of the light
You seen me standing on Main Street
You're gonna see the night

Well, my friend,
You know it's always like that brother,
But you don't put your pine cone
In the snatch of another

Things are turning
Kind of silver on me now
I have no responsibility
For where you take your tang-tang

You're going down
You're going down
Into this silver night.

I hear the pitter patter of little feet
I hear the pitter patter
Of tiny little feet
I don't like it
Ain't got my name!

You'd best tread on someone else Everything's turning silver
Turning black
And black and silver

On this thin wild mercury night.

-Will Dockery