Brian Eno - Dead Finks Don't Talk

Oh cheeky cheeky
Oh naughty sneaky
You're so perceptive
And I wonder how you knew.

But dead finks don't walk too well (oh no)
A bad sense of direction (oh no)
And so they stumble round in threes (oh no)
Such a strange collection.

Oh, you headless chicken
Can those poor teeth take so much kicking?
You're always so charming
As you make your way up here.

And dead finks don't dress too well
No discrimination
To be a zombie all the time
Requires such dedication.

"Oh please sir, will you let it go by,
'Cos I failed both tests with my legs both tied
In my place the stuff is all there
I've been ever so sad for a very long time.

My my, they wanted the works:
Can you this? and that? I never got a letter back
More fool me, bless my soul
More fool me, bless my soul."

Oh perfect masters
They thrive on disasters
They all look so harmless
Till they find their way up here.

But dead finks don't talk too well
They've got a shaky sense of diction
It's not so much a living hell
It's just a dying fiction.

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Music

Tags:

• rock
• pop
• experimental
• brian
• eno
• here
• come
• the
• warm
• jets

[WindPilgrim]

This song makes it pretty obvious to the listener that Bryan Ferry was not Eno's favorite guy. As a neutral party, I love both of them.

[dirtygirlof76]

My two younger sisters used to wonder what the hell was that I was playing coming through my bedroom door when they heard the oh no oh no bits....

[tristanfz]

I wish the intro was much longer. The drums and piano are such a perfect match. Eno is unreal.

[astrophonix]

"To be a zombie all the time requires such dedication." You can see that with the god-addicted theist nuts.

[katoklzmk]

It's not so much a living Hell

[pogie516744]

yoo the man

[mcbazzfazz]

Oh perfect masters

They thrive on disasters

They all look so harmless

Till they find their way up here.

UTTER UTTER CLASSIC

But dead finks don't talk too well

They've got a shaky sense of diction

It's not so much a living hell

It's just a dying fiction.

(and in the background the hysteric "Oh no, oh, no, oh no!)

[rkhigham]

@ADXYMOX7 I think ADXYMOX7 is correct - it is "peck your way up there" - it's also in keeping with the chicken theme of the 2nd verse! I guess Eno must have been thinking of Ferry and got himself in a FOWL mood

[ADXYMOX7]

It's "as you peck your way up there",,,,,,,

[801liveable]

ENO, WASN'T MAD AT BRYAN FERRY,HE JUST SPLIT..BUT HE DOES DO A GREAT IMPRESSION OF HIM..

[eetherealflux]

love it