Even a Palm Tree Songtext
von Paul Heaton

I can′t find you attractive unless you've had drugs
"What about just getting plain drunk?" she shrugs
"I mean flies love shit and lizards love bugs"
"Yeah but there ain′t no style sleeping with slugs
Like there ain't no kings sleeping with hoes"
"You're saying a slug has never climbed a rose
You think when Adam had Eve, Eve chose
You′re all just cavemen in better cars and worse clothes"
When a man has had quite enough of woman answering back
He goes out and buys a dog but not to race on track
Six months training dog to be a genuine friend
Who serves him companionship to the end
The only difference between the wife and what the dog don′t do
He make his tea most every night and grant a monthly screw
"You're all just cavemen in better cars and worse clothes"
So when I drank that quart of vodka and turned up at your door
"Was it meant to say I love you at half past fucking four?
Is that what true love does to you? Does it microwave your brain
So you can′t tell the difference between love and pain?"
"I was trying to say I love you, that I want to make amends"


"You throw stones against my window
And you think we're back to friends?
You′re all just cavemen in better cars and worse clothes"
Who's going out cause it′s not raining?
She's staying in just to spite the sun
Drawing curtains on a summer's day
Causing sadness, just searching for fun
Loving life for no real reason
A dire job cause you love the pain
Hate working in high season
Even a palm tree needs a little rain
Meanwhile the woman bored of not being listened to
Buys a cat to prove just that it′s him and not just you
"That cat, it may not say that much but at least it lends its ear
To conversations livelier than football, girls and beer
Oh we are all just cavemen in better cars but worse clothes"
Who′s going out cause it's not raining?
She′s staying in just to spite the sun
Drawing curtains on a summer's day
Causing sadness, just searching for fun
Loving life for no real reason
A dire job cause you love the pain
Hate working in high season
Even a palm tree needs a little rain
Even a palm tree
Even a palm tree
Even a palm tree needs a little rain