You better you better you bet
Oooh. You better you bet you bet
Oooh.

I call you on the telephone
My voice too rough with cigarettes
I sometimes feel I should just go home
But I'm dealing with a memory that never forgets
I love to hear you say my name
Especially when you say yes.
I got your body right now on my mind
And I drunk myself blind to the sound of old T.Rex
To the sound of old T.Rex, oh, and Who's Next.

When I say I love you, you say "You better!"
You better you better you bet
When I say I need you, you say "You better!"
You better you better you bet
You better bet your life
Or love will cut you
Just like a knife.

I want those feeble-minded axes overthrown.
I'm not into your passport picture,
I just like your nose.
You welcome me with open arms and open legs
I know only fools have needs, but this one never begs.

I don't really mind how much you love me
Oh, a little is alright
When you say, "Come over and spend the night"
Tonight...tonight.

When I say I love you, you say "You better!", etc.

I lay on the bed with you
We could make some book of records
Your dog keeps licking my nose
And chewing up all those letters
Saying "You better!"
You better bet your life.

You better love me, all the time now
You better shove me, back into line now
You better love me, all the time now
You better shove me, back into line now

I showed up late one night with a neon light for a visa
But knowing I'm so eager to fight can't make letting me in any easier
I know that I been wearing crazy clothes, and I look pretty crappy sometime
But my body feels so good and I still sing a razor line every time

And when it comes to all-night living
I know what I'm giving
I've got it all down to a tee
And it's free

When I say I love you, you say "You better!", etc.

I can't be held responsible for blown behavior
I lost all contact with my only saviour.
No one locked me out because I failed to phone up
I can't bear to live forever like a loner.

Don't let go the coat

It's easy to be sad when you lack a partner
But how would I react to a broken heart now?
It ain't really true rock'n'roll unless I'm
Hanging onto you and when I hold it next time...

I won't let go the coat

I try to explain but you never understand it.
I need your body, but I can't just demand it.
I won't let go like a stray at heel
(Never let it out of your sight).
Every lonely wife knows the way I feel
(Don't let go tonight).
Don't let go the coat.
Never let go the coat.

Your friends all pass, for life is just a market
But you have to finish everything you started.
So I live my life tearing down the runway
Sure to get the hang of hanging in there someday.

Don't let go the coat.
Won't get no more chances--forget the war-dances
Go blind and hang on--don't try the slang on
Never let go the coat.

Did you ever sleep in a bear pit
With apple cores and mice along?
Did you ever lay on ice and grit
Or search for a place where the wind was gone?

Did you ever tramp up endless hills
Past cozy homes with secret beds?
Did you ever dream of a suicide pill
And wake up cold to the smell of bread?

Well I have slept there badly twice
And shared my straw with scratching mice
Although you'll find some deep brown hair
I'll tell you something for nothin'
There ain't no bears in there (cache, cache)
Not a single bear in there (cache, cache)

Did you ever have to make a draw
For a hard wooden bench or a bed of stone?
Did you ever jemmy a stable door
Or scare the horse to escape the snow?

Did you ever invade a neat little yard
Wake up the children who hope for ghosts?
Did you ever cause their dogs to bark
Their guests to curse their noisy hosts

Don't jump in expectin' fun
Don't swagger in there with your elephant gun
Don't enter the cage wavin' chairs
'Cause I'll tell you something for nothin'
There ain't no bears in there (cache, cache)
Not a single bear in there (cache, cache)

Did you ever pass the police at work
And hope that they might take you in?
Did you ever wonder why music hurts
When someone plays it aloof to sin?
Did you ever believe that a smile could cure
A happy face keep you warm at night?
Were you ever fooled by laughters lure
Only to find that they laughed in spite?

Chorus (as above)

Did you ever finally find a place
A soft warm bed in a room of flowers
And when you finally laid down your face
You found you slept for a hundred hours
A hundred hours.

There ain't no bears in there (cache, cache)
Not a single bear in there (cache, cache)