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Artist: James Reyne
Canonical path: /james-reyne/bug
Related lyric paths: 6
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Bug
Read Bug lyrics by James Reyne on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Bug
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I'm a bug
In this rancid bordello town
I'm a bug
And I'm really buggin' out
I'm a bug
In this tainted bordello hell
I'm a bug
In this hideous, wriggling shell
I move scarab-infected
I move in many forms
Abandoned and neglected
An island in the swarm
I'm a bug
With these rheumy, yellowing eyes
I'm a bug
Don't let them bed-bugs bite
I've been slitherin' 'round this citadel
On all eights at all hours
Like a slug in flaccid palaces
And moth-eaten towers
I'm a bug
In this flea-bit, back-water town
I'm a bug
And I'm really wiggin' out
Ladybug, oh ladybug
What did you spurn me for
I was skulkin', now I'm sulkin'
'Cause my love crawled out the door
I'm a bug
When you're all busted up in the ground
I'm a bug
I'll still be creepin' around
I'm a bug
And I'll still be creepin' around
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James Reyne performs "Bug", and this lyric page sits inside the James Reyne catalog on LyroVerse.
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