You put your bombers in, you put your conscience out, You t… - Adrian Mitchell

" "
You put your bombers in, you put your conscience out,
You take the human being and you twist it all about
So scrub my skin with women
Chain my tongue with whisky
Stuff my nose with garlic
Coat my eyes with butter
Fill my ears with silver
Stick my legs in plaster
Tell me lies about Vietnam.

Adrian Mitchell

Sources available for members. Sign up free to see where this quote comes from

English

Collect this quote

About Adrian Mitchell

Adrian Mitchell (24 October 1932 – 20 December 2008) was an English poet, novelist, and playwright. A former journalist, he became a noted figure on the British left. For almost half a century he was the foremost poet of the country's Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament movement.

Also Known As

Alternative Names: Adrian George Mitchell

All quotes from Adrian Mitchell Similar Quotes by other Originators

Originators like Adrian Mitchell:

Bob Dylan Leonard Cohen Conor Oberst Paul Simon Anne Sexton

Additional quotes by Adrian Mitchell

I would have walked on the water
But I wasn't fully insured.
And the BMA sent a writ my way
With the very first leper I cured.

When I am sad and weary
When I think all hope has gone
When I walk along High Holborn
I think of you with nothing on

Lovers lie around in it
Broken glass is found in it
Grass
I like that stuff

You put your bombers in, you put your conscience out, You take the human being and you twist it all about So scrub my skin with women Chain my tongue… - Adrian Mitchell

About Adrian Mitchell

Also Known As

Enhance Your Quote Experience

Additional quotes by Adrian Mitchell

Unlimited Quote Collections