Lyrics: Listeria (Free Earplugs)

Back It's too much, I'm scared to eat, yeah

I could die if it got inside me

It's too small to be seen, yeah

But it's there, lurking in the cheese

Gotta change my diet

'Cos I don't wanna die yet

I saw the news this evening

And it gave me a fright!

 

Oh, you get Listeria in the Camembert

Don't buy soft cheeses!  They got diseases!

It's really serious, makes me delirious,

Don't wanna try it!  Afraid to buy it!

It's so mysterious, and it's bacterious

Ooh babe - Listeria everywhere!

 

Into me, from the food, yeah

From the ham, and the paté too

Oh, I believe there's salmonella

In the eggs, and glass in baby food

And botulism too!

Gotta change my diet

'Cos I don't wanna die yet

I saw the news this evening

And it gave me a fright!

 

Oh, you get Listeria in the Camembert

Don't buy soft cheeses!  They got diseases!

It's really serious, makes me delirious,

Don't wanna try it!  Afraid to buy it!

It's so mysterious, and it's bacterious

Ooh babe - Listeria everywhere!

 

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latebarfansite says:

"Listeria" is an account of the anxiety caused by the fear of food poisoning (indeed, a range of comestible-related harm) which was epidemic in the late 80's in the UK -  rather like Def Leppard's hit "Hysteria", simultaneously boggling minds and stereos across the land. 

 

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