The Boomtown Rats — Me and Howard Hughes

[Verse 1] Hand me down a strong panacea One that's guaranteed to make me feel like Hercules There's flies everywhere, buzzing in the air Filling my body with filth and disease He thinks he should develop a complex (Oh yeah) He thinks that he really owes it to himself His friends can all say he's looking sick and unhealthy An' then he can wallow in sweet self-neglect [Refrain] Oh, oh, yeah Oh, oh, yeah Oh, oh, yeah (Yeah, yeah, yeah) Oh, oh, yeah [Verse 2] He's gonna lock himself up in his room Shutter the windows and bolt all the doors Wrap himself 'round in his Wall Street cocoon He's painting the ceiling, the wall and the floor He's gonna lock himself up in his room And when he emerges, have a new change of style He keeps saying things like it's me and Howard Hughes You'd wanna watch out for that dangerous smile [Refrain] Oh, oh, yeah Oh, oh, yeah (Yeah, yeah, yeah) Oh, oh, yeah Oh, oh, yeah [Guitar Solo] [Bridge] He's gonna lock himself up in his room Shutter the windows and bolt all the doors Wrap himself 'round in his Wall Street cocoon He's painting the ceiling, the wall and the floor He's gonna lock himself up in his room Shutter the windows and bolt all the doors Wrap himself 'round in his Wall Street cocoon He's painting the ceiling, the walls and the floor He's gonna lock himself up in his room And when he emerges, have a new change of style He keeps saying things like it's me and Howard Hughes You'd wanna watch out for that dangerous smile [Refrain] Oh, oh, yeah Oh, oh, yeah (Yeah, yeah) Oh, oh, yeah Oh, oh, yeah