This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us

Zoo time is she and you time

The mammals are your favourite type,

And you want her tonight

Heartbeat, increasing heartbeat

You hear the thunder of stampeding rhinos,

Elephants and tacky tigers

This town ain't big enough for both of us

And it ain't me who's gonna leave

Flying, domestic flying

And when the stewardess is near

Do not show any fear

Heartbeat increasing heartbeat

You are a khaki-coloured bombadier

It's Hiroshima that you're nearing

This town ain't big enough for both of us

And it ain't me who's gonna leave

Daily, except for Sunday

You dawdle in to the cafe

Where you meet her each day

Heartbeat, increasing heartbeat

As twenty cannibals have hold of you,

They need their protein just like you do

This town ain't big enough for both of us

And it ain't me who's gonna leave

[Interlude]

Shower, another shower

You've got to look your best for her

And be clean everywhere

Heartbeat, increasing heartbeat

The rain is pouring on the foreign town,

The bullets cannot cut you down

This town ain't big enough for both of us

And it ain't me who's gonna leave

Census, the latest census

There'll be more girls who live in town

Though not enough to go round

Heartbeat, increasing heartbeat

You know that:

This town isn't big enough,

not big enough for both of us

This town isn't big enough,

not big enough for both of us

And I ain't gonna leave

• Artist:Sparks
• Album:Kimono My House (1974)