Less Than Zero

Calling Mr Oswald with the swastika tattoo

There is a vacancy waiting in the English voodoo

Carving 'V' for vandal on the guilty boy's head

When he's had enough of that maybe you can take him to bed

To teach him he's alive before he wishes he was dead



Turn up the TV no one listening will suspect

Even your mother won't detect it

So your father won't know

They think that i've got no respect

But everything means less than zero

Hey

Oooh hey

Hey

Oooh hey



Oswald and his sister are doing it again

They've got the finest home movies that you have ever seen

They've got a thousand variations: every service with a smile

They're gonna take a little break and they'll be back after a while

Well, I hear that South America is coming into style



Turn up the TV no one listening will suspect

Even your mother won't detect it

So your father won't know

They think that i've got no respect

But everything means less than zero

Hey

Oooh hey

Hey

Oooh hey



A pistol was still smoking, a man lay on the floor

Mr Oswald said he had an understanding with the law

He said he'd hear about a couple in the USA

He said they'd traded thier baby for a Chevrolet

Let's talk about the future now we've put the past away



Turn up the TV no one listening will suspect

Even your mother won't detect it

So your father won't know

They think that i've got no respect

But everything means less than zero

Hey

Oooh hey

Hey

Oooh hey

Hey

Oooh hey

[repeat last 2 lines to fadeout]