New Test Leper - Live From John Peel Public Session On BBC Radio 1 / 1998

[Intro]

We're actually gonna do- uh, we're actually gonna do quite a few new songs off our new record, "Up". We're gonna do a bunch from, uh, the record for that "New Adventures In HI-FI". Just because, uh, we like it a lot

So this is called "New Test Leper"

[Verse 1]

I can't say that I love Jesus

That would be a hollow claim

He did make some observations

And I'm quoting them today

"Judge not, lest ye be judged"

What a beautiful refrain

The studio audience disagrees

Have his lambs all gone astray?

[Chorus]

You call me a leper

You call me a leper

You call me a leper

[Verse 2]

"You are lost and disillusioned"

What an awful thing to say

I know this show doesn't flatter

It means nothing to me

I thought I might help them understand

What an ugly thing to see

"I am not an animal"

Subtitled under the screen

[Chorus]

You call me a leper

You call me a leper

You call me a leper

[Verse 3]

When I tried to tell my story

They cut me off to take a break

I sat silent five commercials

I had nothing left to say

The talk show host was index-carded

All organized and blank

The other guests were scared and hardened

What a sad parade

What a sad parade

[Chorus]

You call me a leper

You call me a leper

You call me a leper

You call me a leper

[Outro]

Thank you, thank you a lot

I understand there's significantly more- uh- people listening than the two hundred present in this room. Uh, I don't think- I can't think about that right now because I'll lose my voice, probably