Johnny Kwango Songtext
von The Bevis Frond

Everyone has a favourite tune. Is this yours?

Here come Johnny Kwango
he just sprung down off the ropes
he won′t look you in the eye
in case it gives you any hope

Though he don't believe in cheating
if he has to he can maim
you won′t see the bullet coming
'til its lodged inside your brain

Let me fall into you arms
and take the fear away
Can you read my upturn palms
won't you tell me what they say?
I don′t want to cause alarm
but if you push me I can′t take it

Yesterday in boredom
I was going through some files
And I found photographs and letters
to some poor misguided child


There was something 'bout the future
which has now become the past
and a promise i′d forgotten
and a dream that could not last

If you cut me will I bleed
and stain your shoulder pad
if you don't give me what I need
I will probably go mad
I′m an easy guy to please
but if you push me I can't take it

Good old Johnny Kwango
see him fly across the ring
into unsuspecting ogres doing disrespectful things
You can see him as a hero
or a metaphor for life
and you can imitate his movements
but you′ll never get them right

There are friends I used to know
who have all but disappeared
As my stock was sinking low
they have made their feelings clear
You can't tell me where to go
but if you push I can't take it.