The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #71640 Message #1227526
Posted By: George Papavgeris
17-Jul-04 - 04:39 AM
Thread Name: Unlikely first lines
Subject: RE: Unlikely first lines
"The Omega Incabloc Oyster Accutron 72
Is the only wristwatch for a drummer..."
(Pete Atkin - Wristwatch for a Drummer)
"You've got to help me, doc, I see things in the night"
(Pete Atkin/Clive James - Screen Freak)
"Your manifest perfections never cease
To drive the day-long terrors out of mind"
(Pete Atkin/Clive James - Double Agent)
You might have guessed it - they're heroes of mine. Clive James writes unparalleled lyrics; the closest one can get to him is that other wonderful man, Tom Lehrer.
The best I can offer from my own scribblings is:
"Beware of the bite of the underdog"
(from the song of the same title)