9-9 (Live / 1984 Aragon Ballroom) lyrics

[Intro]
Steady repetition is a compulsion mutually reinforced
Now what does that mean?
Is there a just contradiction? Nothing much
Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep
If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord to hesitate
Hey, oh

[Verse 1]
Right on target
Twisting tongues
Got a stripe
Down your back
All nine yards
Down her back

[Chorus]
Give me a couple
Don't give me a couple of pointers
Turn to lies and conversation fear

[Verse 2]
Out to punch
Right on target
Twisting tongues
Got a stripe
Down your back
All nine yards
Down her back
[Chorus]
Give me a couple
Don't give me a couple of pointers
Turn to lies and conversation
What is in my mind? I can't say it
What is in my mind? I can't understand you

[Bridge [?]]
I was a young boy and there was this old man at sea
It took about, eight houses and a body and brains
Obsessed with bodies and with the building the systems
Scrimmage, call it

[Verse 3]
Out to punch
Right on target
Twist his tongue, tongue
Got a stripe
Down your back
All nine yards
Down her back

[Chorus]
Give me a couple
Don't give me a couple of pointers
Turn to lies and conversation fear, ooh