Graham Parker - Force Of Nature Lyrics

She's got everything she needs and it isn't you
A cosmetic arsenal, a bucket of glue
Sign's on her back that say, "Keep on the grass"
Powerful liquor in a hip flask

Coins from the commonwealth, doubloons from the sea
A knife in her boot heel, a bonsai tree
Ice cream in her pocket, diamonds from her fence
It all works like clockwork, it all makes sense

To a force of nature
Force of nature
Force of nature
That's what she is

With her clouded leopard on a leash in the shed
A vicious black rodent she calls "Fred"
She keeps her diary under the bed
But there's nothin' in it 'cos it's all in her head

Walkin' 'round London with foreign banknotes
Throwin' silver nunchucks at cab drivers throats
Being invisible, being obscene
Being the person you wish you'd been

Like a force of nature
Force of nature
Force of nature
That's must be it

But inside her heart there's a kid locked away in a room
Who throws a grenade at your feet that explodes with such force
That it bursts your balloon like a force of nature

But inside her heart there's this kid locked away in a room
Who peeks through the door every now and again
And says, "Hey, I'm coming out soon"


Her raincoat jingles of mercury soars
Every last move defies gravity's laws
Her computer's connected directly to the stars
That keeps her emotions in mason jars

Stored in the attic in the roof near the sky
Up in the rafters where the bats fly
Being impossible, being on a roll
Being like something you can't control

Like a force of nature
Force of nature
Force of nature
That's angel

Like a force of nature
Like a force of nature