Released: November 12, 1978
Songwriter: Kate Bush
Producer: Andrew Powell
[Verse 1]
Down in the cellar
You're getting into making poison
You slipped some on the side
Into my glass of wine
And I don't want any coffee homeground
[Verse 2]
Offer me a chocolate
No thank you, spoil my diet, know your game!
But tell me just how come
They smell of bitter almonds?
It's a no-no to your coffee homeground
[Pre-Chorus]
Pictures of Crippen
Lipstick-smeared
Torn wallpaper
Have the walls got ears here?
[Chorus]
Well, you won't get me with your Belladonna (In the coffee)
And you won't get me with your arsenic (In the pot of tea)
And you won't get me in a hole to rot (With your hemlock)
On the rocks
[Verse 3]
Where are the plumbers
Who went a-missing here on Monday?
There was a tall man
With his companion
And I bet you gave them coffee homeground
[Verse 4]
Maybe you're lonely
And only want a little company
But keep your recipes
For the rats to eat
And may they rest in peace with coffee homeground
[Pre-Chorus]
Pictures of Crippen
Lipstick-smeared
Torn wallpaper
Have the walls got ears here?
[Chorus]
Well, you won't get me with your Belladonna (In the coffee)
And you won't get me with your arsenic (In the pot of tea)
And you won't put me in a six foot plot (With your hemlock)
On the rocks
[Outro]
With your hemlock on the rocks
"Noch ein Glas, mein Liebchen"
With your hemlock on the rocks
(La lalala la la lala lalala la la)
With your hemlock on the rocks
(La lalala la la lala lalala la la)
"Es schmeckt wunderbar!"
With your hemlock on the rocks
(La lalala la la lala lalala la la)
"Es schmeckt wunderbar!"
With your hemlock on the rocks
(La lalala la la lala lalala la la)
With your hemlock on the rocks
With your hemlock on the rocks
With your hemlock on the rocks
Down in the cellar
You're getting into making poison
You slipped some on the side
Into my glass of wine
And I don't want any coffee homeground
[Verse 2]
Offer me a chocolate
No thank you, spoil my diet, know your game!
But tell me just how come
They smell of bitter almonds?
It's a no-no to your coffee homeground
[Pre-Chorus]
Pictures of Crippen
Lipstick-smeared
Torn wallpaper
Have the walls got ears here?
[Chorus]
Well, you won't get me with your Belladonna (In the coffee)
And you won't get me with your arsenic (In the pot of tea)
And you won't get me in a hole to rot (With your hemlock)
On the rocks
[Verse 3]
Where are the plumbers
Who went a-missing here on Monday?
There was a tall man
With his companion
And I bet you gave them coffee homeground
[Verse 4]
Maybe you're lonely
And only want a little company
But keep your recipes
For the rats to eat
And may they rest in peace with coffee homeground
[Pre-Chorus]
Pictures of Crippen
Lipstick-smeared
Torn wallpaper
Have the walls got ears here?
[Chorus]
Well, you won't get me with your Belladonna (In the coffee)
And you won't get me with your arsenic (In the pot of tea)
And you won't put me in a six foot plot (With your hemlock)
On the rocks
[Outro]
With your hemlock on the rocks
"Noch ein Glas, mein Liebchen"
With your hemlock on the rocks
(La lalala la la lala lalala la la)
With your hemlock on the rocks
(La lalala la la lala lalala la la)
"Es schmeckt wunderbar!"
With your hemlock on the rocks
(La lalala la la lala lalala la la)
"Es schmeckt wunderbar!"
With your hemlock on the rocks
(La lalala la la lala lalala la la)
With your hemlock on the rocks
With your hemlock on the rocks
With your hemlock on the rocks
more tracks from the album
From the albums
- Lionheart (1978)
- The Single File (1978 - 1983) (1984)
Kate Bush popular songs
- Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)
- Wuthering Heights
- Babooshka
- This Woman’s Work
- Cloudbusting
- Hounds of Love
- Waking the Witch
- Suspended in Gaffa
- And Dream of Sheep
- Army Dreamers
- Hello Earth
- Jig of Life
- The Sensual World
- Watching You Without Me
- Sat in Your Lap
- Get Out of My House
- The Big Sky
- The Dreaming
- The Man with the Child in His Eyes
- The Morning Fog
- Mother Stands for Comfort
- Breathing
- Pull Out the Pin
- Under Ice