Richard Thompson

A bone through her nose

Richard Thompson


Oh the drones on the corner don't look her in the eye when she comes out to play 
And three times now at the Club Chi-Chi they've turned her away 
Last week she was the belle of the ball but another week passes 
It's time to cast off crutches, scars and pebble glasses 

She's got everything a girl might need 
She's a tribal animal, yes indeed 
But she hasn't got a bone through her nose, through her nose 
Hasn't got a bone through her nose 
She hasn't got a bone through her nose, through her nose 
She hasn't got a bone through her nose 
Hasn't got a bone through her nose, through her nose 
She hasn't got a bone through her nose 

Oh she gets her suits from a personal friend, Coco the clown 
She got dustman's jacket, inside out, it's a party gown 
If it's bouffons, she's got bouffons, if it's tat she got tat 
She got hoochie coochie Gucci and a pom-pom hat 

She's got everything a girl might need 
She's a tribal animal, yes indeed 
But she hasn't got a bone through her nose, through her nose 
She hasn't got a bone through her nose 
She hasn't got a bone through her nose, through her nose 
She hasn't got a bone through her nose 
She hasn't got a bone through her nose, through her nose 
She hasn't got a bone through her nose 
No! 

Well, her ma writes cook books, she wrote one once, and it sold one or two 
Her pa's in the city, he's so witty, he calls it the zoo 
Her boyfriend plays in Scritti Politti, Aunt Sally's brown bread 
In a few more years she can marry some fool and knock it on the head 

She's got everything a girl might need 
She's a tribal animal, yes indeed 
But she hasn't got a bone through her nose, through her nose 
She hasn't got a bone through her nose 
She hasn't got a bone through her nose, through her nose 
She hasn't got a bone through her nose 
She hasn't got a bone through her nose, through her nose 
She hasn't got a bone through her nose 
She hasn't got a, Oh she hasn't got a, Oh