Cover art for Insect Mother by Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
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Insect Mother Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Lift up your candle dress unweave your nylon spine
In velvet and in onions you will soon be mine
I am your humble servant madam as you see
Tonight I am determined you will lie along with me

[Chorus]
You are an insect mother with a black shiny head
That parts your cloak to open human you upon the bed

You are an insect mother I your jammy son
And now we've found each other there is nowhere else to run

[Outro]
Lift up your candle dress unweave your nylon spine
In velvet and in onions you will soon be mine

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