There's a hand on a wire that leads to my mouth
I can hear you knocking but I'm not coming out
Don't want to be a puppet or a ventriloquist

'Cause there's no ventilation on a critical list
Fingers creeping up my spine are not mine to resist
Strict time


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Toughen up, toughen up

Keep your lip buttoned up
Strict time


Oh the muscles flex and the fingers curl
And a cold sweat breaks out on the sweater girl
Strict time

Oh he's all hands, don't touch that dial
The courting cold wars weekend witch trial
Strict time

All the boys are straight laced and the girls are frigid
The talk is two-faced and the rules are rigid 'cause it's strict
time

Strict time

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You talk in hushed tones, I talk in lush tones
Try to look Italian through the musical Valium

Strict time
Thinking of grand larceny
Smoking the everlasting cigarette of chastity

Cute $$#istants staying alive
More like a hand job than the hand jive
Strict time


[Chorus]