THE MAGIC PIPER (OF LOVE)
Edwyn Collins


I'm through with love hangovers, 
It's best that I stay sober. 
No rolling in the clover, 
No Gretna Green trip over. 
No honeymoon in Paris, 
I only feel embarrassed 
For the cool cats, 
The charmed kittens, 
Both smitten by the love songs 
That he's written. 
Caught in the sights 
Of a deadly sniper: 
The magic piper of love. 
The magic piper of love. 
Of love, of love. 

My girlfriend, she go blotto 
Of cunnings and his grotto. 
It turns out he's a dirty old man. 
The nice place that I want to be, 
Is sat up on this Christmas tree, 
While playing these games of 
Catch as catch can. 
Cause he's a sweet talker, 
A silent stalker. 
All the savvy of a street walker. 
More deadly than a horned viper: 
The magic piper of love. 
The magic piper of love. 
Of love, of love. 

He's a heart breaker, 
A mover and a shaker: 
The magic piper of love. 

It's kind of hard to swallow, 
You know you've gotta follow, 
The magic piper of love. 

Cause he's a city slicker, 
An expert politic-er: 
The magic piper of love. 

Of love, of love. 
Of love, of love. 
Of love, of love.