It has come to my attention recently that after a long period of no lyrics being available at all for Shivaree’s song Scrub the net is suddenly flooded with them. I’d say this is good news, except for the fact that…
- They all seem to have been copied from one source,
- That source is somewhat dodgy.
I’d guess that someone put a lot of time and effort into transcribing the song. For the most part this has paid off, but there are one or two lines that are just blech. I mean “So small and sad you’re a skit“? What?! This cannot be allowed to stand.
So, here I present my version of the lyrics. Ones that make sense. Well, OK it’s Shivaree so it doesn’t make a huge amount of sense, but it makes a good deal more than the other versions floating ’round the net…
Scrub
by Shivaree
On the way coming up,
I’m quiet as a cup,
Be a girl anyway,
Close enough,
In your life,
Such a mess,
So small inside your skin1,
Got some time on the hand,
On the cast there’s no love,
No, only proof,
Of love this is the truth,
So I’ll drop my hand,
Think it’s you2,
You’re on the club,
Got two feet as they fall3,
Dropped on the bed4,
A spinning head love,
Now, keep the score5,
Like a baby tallies war6,
Adam should have just stepped on the snake7,
Naughty boys try to come,
But the best ones always go,
Say goodbye with a smile,
And they spoke there’s no love,
No, only proof,
Of love this is the truth,
So I’ll drop my hand,
Think it’s you2,
You’re on the club,
Got two feet as they fall3,
Dropped on the bed4,
A reeling f**king stone block,
Now, keep the score5,
Like a baby tallies war6,
Adam should have just stepped on the snake,
Adam should have just stepped on,
Adam should have just stepped,
Adam should have just stepped on the snake,
- This line may be “So small and sad you’re a skit” as suggested in the commonly posted lyrics (CPL), but I doubt it. It doesn’t fit the meter and it makes no freakin’ sense. I’m pretty confident “So small inside your skin” is the correct lyric.
- The CPL has “Look at you” for this line, but I’m not convinced. Neither am I totally convinced of my interpretation, but I think it’s closer than “Look at you”. (‘Pikachu’ is even closer but I’m not even going to think about that! 😉
- The CPL has “Got to feet” here which is just stupid. It would have to be “Got two feet”. Equally likely is “Got to feed”.
- This line could equally as well be “Trapped on the bed”, but I’ve left it as “Dropped” to tie in with “fall” from the previous line.
- The first word of this line is so muffled that it’s impossible to even take a stab at what it might be. “Now” is as good a guess as any.
- The CPL has “Like a baby tell his war”. The only explanation I can offer for this is that the transcriber is unfamilar with the verb “tallies”.
- This line is definitely correct, however I spent a long time thinking it was “Adam sure, I’ll just stand on the snake” which kind of puts a different spin on the whole song eh? 🙂
So, one more abuse of the musical arts corrected. Now if only I can smuggle a rifle into that Shannon Noll concert… 🙂
