Biography:
Wall of Voodoo was a New Wave/Alternative rock group from Los Angeles, California, United States best known for the 1983 hit "Mexican Radio". The band's best known lineup consists of Stan Ridgway (vocals, keyboards), Marc Moreland (guitar), Chas Gray (bass, vocals) and Joe Nanini (drums). The band had a sound that was a fusion of synthesizer-based New Wave music with the spaghetti western soundtrack style of Ennio Morricone.
Wall of Voodoo had its roots in Acme Soundtracks
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[Intro]
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Hello, hello, this is Monkeywrench, come in,
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Calling Money Hutch headquarters.
[Verse]
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Tell Smoky Grayhead the " bus stopper " is a guy.
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Tell " Mister Magden " to check on the " chocolate (shotput?). "
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And I thought this was a glamorous job.
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Well, there's that man who's got everything that he needs
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And when the world is falling in he'll never bleed
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He goes by Jones in Istanbul and Smith in Peru
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His job's never through
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It's time to start this little game of cat and mouse
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And try to keep one step ahead--there's strangers in the house
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His watch is really a radio, his gun a pen
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He knows that it's all gone, no mom, nobody wins
[Chorus 1]
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Spy world Spy world Spy world Spy world (I say now)
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[Chorus 2]
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Spy world Spy world Spy world
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[Outro]
D E
Shaken, not stirred, okay?
N.C.
I'm really tired of wearing these sunglasses.
N.C.
Hello, hello, this is Monkeywrench, come in,
N.C.
Calling Money Hutch headquarters.
[Verse]
E
Tell Smoky Grayhead the " bus stopper " is a guy.
E G A
Tell " Mister Magden " to check on the " chocolate (shotput?). "
E G A
And I thought this was a glamorous job.
B G A
Well, there's that man who's got everything that he needs
E G A
And when the world is falling in he'll never bleed
E G A
He goes by Jones in Istanbul and Smith in Peru
B G A
His job's never through
B G A
It's time to start this little game of cat and mouse
E G A
And try to keep one step ahead--there's strangers in the house
E G A
His watch is really a radio, his gun a pen
A B D G A
He knows that it's all gone, no mom, nobody wins
[Chorus 1]
A E G A E G A
Spy world Spy world Spy world Spy world (I say now)
[Solo]
E A D G A E G A E G A E G E
[Chorus 2]
E G A E
Spy world Spy world Spy world
G A E G A E G A E G A E G A
Spy world Spy world Spy world Spy world Spy world Spy world Spy world Spy world Spy world
[Outro]
D E
Shaken, not stirred, okay?
N.C.
I'm really tired of wearing these sunglasses.
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