Strict Time

[Verse 1]

There's a hand on a wire that leads to my mouth

I can hear you knocking but I'm not coming out

Don't want to be a puppet or a ventriloquist

Because there's no ventilation on a critical list

Fingers creeping up my spine are not mine to resist

Strict time

[Chorus]

Toughen up, toughen up

Keep your lip buttoned up

Strict time

[Verse 2]

Oh the muscles flex and the fingers curl

And a cold sweat breaks out on the sweater girl

(Strict time)

Oh he's all hands, don't touch that dial

The courting cold wars weekend witch trial

(Strict time)

All the boys are straight laced and the girls are frigid

The talk is two-faced and the rules are rigid because it's strict time

(Strict time)

[Chorus]

Toughen up, toughen up

Keep your lip buttoned up

Strict time

[Verse 3]

You talk in hushed tones, I talk in lush tones

Try to look Italian through the musical Valium

(Strict time)

Thinking of grand larceny

Smoking the everlasting cigarette of chastity

Cute assistants staying alive

More like a hand job than the hand jive

Strict time

[Chorus]

Toughen up, toughen up

Keep your lip buttoned up

Strict time

Toughen up, toughen up

Keep your lip buttoned up

Strict time

[Outro]

Strict time

Strict time

Strict time