The Stranglers - 1.09 - Down in the Sewer

This is the ninth track of the album "Rattus Norvegicus", which was released in 1977. At the time of its release "Down in the Sewer" was highly praised by the music press. It was considered an epic song, or rather an anti-epic.

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Down in the Sewer

Down in the sewer,

Picking up quite a lot of empty Coca Cola cans,

And there sure are a lot of them around here.

How did I get down here?

Well it's a long story.

I should have stayed down home out on the farm

And kept my tootsies warm

Instead of freezing them off down here.

There's lots of rats down here,

You can see the whites of their eyes.

They got sharp teeth,

Deep breath

And lots of diseases.

People say you shouldn't stay down here too long,

Lose your sense of light and dark,

Lose your sense of smell.

I tell you what I'm gonna do,

Gonna make love to a water rat or two

And breed a family.

They'll be called the survivors.

You know why? (No!)

Cos they're gonna survive.

I'll see you in the sewer, brother.

I'll see you in the sewer,

I'll see you in the sewer, the sewer, the sewer.

I'll see you in the sewer,

I'll see you in the sewer.

I'll see you in the sewer,

I'll see you in the sewer.

I'll see you in the sewer.