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The Human Jungle
eyevocal... - Dave Watson - 25Jul2016 8:42 AM
  #9/9
The second background vocal line in the chorus sounds to me like "Like a eight-eyed spy." I don't know why it's not "like AN eight-" or if it actually is a tribute to Ms. Lunch's pioneering no-wave band, but hey.

And that line in the second verse (freshly re-listened to, off the Scandal/Sex CD) sounds to me like "See the babies hide behind them bars." I suspect that the "unmarked cars" bit is a live variation Pat used for a yuk, just like how he switches up the names in "Sex Engine" to people he knows, or how "Partytime"'s line "It's better than a cold bath with" has ended with "Nazis on cocaine" or "an oversexed tarantula."

Homophonic bliss
morph... - Fingal, Winston-Salem, NC, USA - 12Sep2007 1:12 PM
  #8/9
Anyone know if this show is available on DVD?

http://www.televisionheaven.co.uk/human.htm

Dr Roger Corder, M.D., D.P.M., Harley
Street psychiatrist and consultant
psychiatrist to St. Damien's Hospital
was a television character that became
so real to viewers between 1963 and
1965, that hundreds of letters were
received by the studio each week, asking
for his help.

I thought so, too
sctor... - scott, USA - 26Apr2007 11:41 AM
  #7/9
Yep, I always thought "See the babies hide behind the bars" was a nice follow-on to the "See the zoo"

oh
ozkor... - paul korea - 2Apr2006 3:54 AM
  #6/9
i thought it was
'see the babies hide behind their ma's'
and thought it referred to shyness or ...

Text
you... - London, UK - 4Nov2005 8:18 AM
  #5/9
The line is '...babies hide behind their (or the) bars' (e.g., like in a
zoo).

RE: not again!
nicodelbosque... - Bozeman, USofA - 1Apr2005 4:43 PM
  #4/9
I also heard it that way. I think I like it better that way. An interesting image, don't you think?

not again!
jcvinc2... - jonathan vincent lexington ky - 15Dec2004 10:59 AM
  #3/9
again another mis-hearing

"see the babies hide behind the bar"

i guess you know best though

and i need to have the ol' ears exorcised

8-Eyed Spy...
spotty... - Spotty - 10Sep2003 11:19 AM
  #2/9
...generally, though there may be others. Lydia
Lunch was a member of the seldom-heard
8-Eyed Spy...not sure why they're referenced in
this song, but I never questions a genius...

human jungle
dbrown... - dbrown - 23May2003 10:43 AM
  #1/9
My friends and I could never figure out what backing vocals are saying in the first part of the chorus - It sounds like "Like an eight ounce fly" but I know that ain't right.