Uploaded February 2009 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Track 11. Bonus track 'Eccentric Man'. From the album 'Thank Christ For The Bomb'

Written by Tony (T.S.) McPhee

Tony McPhee - Vocals, Guitar
Pete Cruickshank - Bass
Ken Pustelnik - Drums

Produced by Malcolm Brown

Engineered by Mike Harding & Mike Franks

♪♫ My chest is a 36, my overcoat is for a 42.
My trousers end 6 inches from the ground, 3 inches from my shoe,
Tied up with a piece of string and held together with fish-bone glue.

Call me an eccentric man, I don't believe I am
They call me an eccentric man, I don't believe I am.

My bed is a park bench and my sheet and blankets are newspaper pages.
The people think I'm crazy, but I know I'm wiser than all the sages,
'cos I have money they think that I'm a fool for doing what I do, but I know it's right.

Call me an eccentric man, I don't believe I am
They call me an eccentric man, I don't believe I am.

If ever I want to I can have the comfort of my country home.
But until that time I'm quite content to have walls made [out] of gravestone,
even a carpet of moss, a ceiling of sky and a brown rat for a watch-dog.

Call me an eccentric man, I don't believe I am
Call me an eccentric man, I don't believe I am ♪♫

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