As soon as I got a paycheck,
You ask me to make it hightech
And to bleach my flecks.
Tabloids will be all over it.
Do you think I should be timid?
all licketysplit.

'Upswing,
plaything!'
That's very flattering.
'Brand new!'
And that's just a preview.
'One-two!'
I wouldn't know how to...

As soon as I got a paycheck,
You ask me to make it hightech
And to bleach my flecks.
Tabloids will be all over it.
Do you think I should be timid?
All licketysplit.

'Upswing,
plaything!'
That's very flattering.
'Brand new!'
And that's just a preview.
'One-two!'
I wouldn't know how to...
I wouldn't know how to...
I wouldn't...

As soon as I got a paycheck
You ask me to make it hightech
And to bleach my flecks.