Speaking Tongues

I'll tell you all a story ‘bout a man who isn't here Who had a pocket full of chemicals, some cigarettes and beer I went out to Ibiza runnin' from the pourin' rain I drank a poco loco and I'd never be the same I met up with some boys they called themselves the diamond dogs They were either on the dancefloor or dealing in the bogs And a reformed gangster got me and he said that he found God He looked me in the eyes and he started speaking tongues Speaking tongues, speaking tongues Everybody on the island speaking tongues Speaking tongues, speaking tongues Everybody on the island speaking tongues Everybody's sayin' take that, take that And I'm about to do exactly that-ah And I'm the cheeky fucker at the back-ah Before a disco biscuit disco-nap In Balearic sunshine I went out for a swim But I heard they'd sent a posse to the rocks to do me in But I met some friends with faces who were pretty mighty men They told me if they come for you my brother We will go for them I whistled down a taxi just to save us all some grief The taxi man had weed and pills he'd bought from the police He'd seen me on the TV said he didn't like my songs It's the only sense he made coz then he started speaking tongues Speaking tongues, speaking tongues Everybody on the island speaking tongues Speaking tongues, speaking tongues Everybody on the island speaking tongues Ahhh, Ahhh Ahhh, Ahhh Everybody's sayin' take that, take that And I'm about to do exactly that-ah And I'm the cheeky fucker at the back-ah Before a disco biscuit disco-nap I met a girl from Preston who wanted sex right there and then She lead me to a hotel but they wouldn't let me in I begged and I pleaded with the man who owned the place Eventually he'd had enough and punched me in the face I made a promise to that gangster That I would not commit to another Night on the white I‘d have to deal with it But I had a poco loco mescaline comin' on strong I really couldn't help it man I started speaking tongues Speaking tongues, speaking tongues Everybody on the island speaking tongues Speaking tongues, speaking tongues Everybody on the island speaking tongues Speaking tongues, speaking tongues Everybody on the island speaking tongues Speaking tongues, speaking tongues Everybody on the island speaking tongues Everybody's sayin' take that, take that And I'm about to do exactly that-ah And I'm the cheeky fucker at the back-ah Before a disco biscuit disco-nap Everybody's sayin' take that take, that-ah And I'm about to do exactly that-ah And I'm the cheeky fucker at the back-ah Before a disco biscuit disco-nap