Reptile

Kilbey, Willson-Piper, Koppes, Ploog
(Campbell Connelly Australia Pty Limited and Control)

Appears On:

• Starfish (1988), Track 8
• Starfish (1988), Intervention Records 2021 2LP Expanded Edition, Side 3, Track 1
• Almost Yesterday 1981-1990 (1994), Track 15
• Under the Milky Way: The Best of the Church (1999), Track 12
• The Best of the Church (1999), Track 9
• El Momento Siguiente (2007), Track 3 (Acoustic Version)
• Deep In The Shallows: The Classic Singles Collection (2007), Disc 1, Track 16 (single version)
• All Killer No Filler - The Church (2009), Track 4
• The Best of the Radio Songs (2010), Track 8 (Single Version) (2007 Digital Remaster)
• A Psychedelic Symphony: Live at Sydney Opera House (2014), Disc 2, Track 3 (Live)
• Released as a single (1988)
• Videos:
  • National Video Subscription Reel #1808 (August 1988)
  • Goldfish (Jokes, Magic & Souvenirs) (1990)
  • Future Past Perfect: Live at the Enmore (2013) - DVD 3, Track 8 (Live)
  • A Psychedelic Symphony: Live at Sydney Opera House (2014), Track 13 (Live)
• Compilations:
  • 2000 NORM Convention & Trade Show (2000)
  • The Album Network CD Tune Up #19 (6/6/88)
  • Alternative (1996)
  • Arista Autumn Singles (1988)
  • Lookin' Forward Part 3 (1988)
  • NIGHTSHIFT (1988)
  • Real 80's: The Video Hits (2003)
• Covers:
  • All al Glory - Bajo un Cielo Prehistorico: Un Homenaje a The Church (2014), Track 11
  • Augie March - Here Comes The Night CD5 (2001), Track 4
  • Crushed - Shadows And Substance (2008), Track 4
  • Fuzz Finger - Greatest Hits & Cover Songs (2021), Track 9
  • Hit Or Myth - Hit Or Myth (2017), Track 9
  • JMC and His Wooden Hearts - The Church ~ Early Roughs (Acoustic) (2017), Track 3
  • MAARS - Observations From Isolation (2020), Track 4
  • North River - YouTube video
  • Poemas de Maio - The Dark and Cold Sounds of the Blog that Celebrates Itself (2013), Track 4
  • Gevatter Tod - The Somnambulist (2016), Track 3
  • Vampyrouss - Gazing Upon The Harvest Moon (2017), Track 2

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Lyrics (unofficial)

[rev. Aug. 30, 2007]

Too dangerous to keep
Too feeble to let go
And you want to bite the hand
Shoulda stopped this long ago

Go now, you've been set free
Another month or so you'll be gorging on me
With your lovely smile
I see you slither away with your skin and your tail
Your flickering tongue and your rattling scale
Like a real reptile

Had you coiled around my arm
How could you ever know
How I loved your diamond eyes
But that was long ago

Go now, you've been set free
Another month or so you'll be poisoning me
With your lovely smile
I see you slither away with your skin and your tail
Your flickering tongue and your rattling scales
Like a real reptile

And I should have believed Eve
She said we had to blow
She was the apple of my eye
It wasn't long ago

Go now, you've been set free
Another month or so you'll be poisoning me
With your lovely smile
I see you slither away with your skin and your tail
Your flickering tongue and your rattling scale
Like a real reptile

Ahh, go, go now, you've been set free
Another month or so you'll be poisoning me
With your lovely smile
I see you slither away with your skin and your tail
Your flickering tongue and your rattling scale
Like a real reptile