The Finger
 Versions
Commentary
Lyrics
Versions
| Version |
Length |
Source |
Availability |
Studio
 |
4:28 |
Human Frailty album. |
Extremely common. Available new in Australia on CD. |
| Studio |
4:26 |
2 CD versions of the Natural
Selection album. |
Moderately rare. |
Recommended Version.
Commentary
Comments from the "Natural
Selection" liner notes (by Mark Seymour):
A bed sit the size of a small caravan, over the top of a
bistro in Fitzroy Street. It was cheap, with a view. There was a large bay
window next to the bed that received the full blast of a prevailing south
westerly, and at night we lay there listening to the rain pounding on the tin
roof, or the drug dealers and junkies scuffling in the alley below.
Lyrics
It took a lie, took a lie, took a
lifetime
It took a lie, took a lie, took a lifetime
Driven under 20k of rain
I had to crawl, I had to beg
I had to pay for it through the nose
To get into this tiny shiftless room
With the bar heater broken
And the stale chips in the oven
And the fly there on the table
With its legs stuck in the butter block
Well here it is, here it is
The one place that's small enough
To hold a finger tight
A well-oiled rat's nest
On a shapeless summer night
Shapeless summer night
I fanged it, I fanged it
[repeat]
It took a lie, took a lie, took a lifetime
It took a lie, took a lie, took a lifetime
We made the whole building sway
Made the whole city shudder
You off in one corner
And me back here in the other
Well here it is
Here it is
The one place that's small enough
To hold a finger tight
A well-oiled rat's nest
On a shapeless summer night.
Shapeless summer night
I fanged it, I fanged it
[repeat]
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