Graham Parker - Mercury Poisoning (ORIGINAL STUDIO VERSION! W/ LYRICS)

Graham Parker and The Rumour’s first record for Arista, the total CLASSIC, Mercury Poisoning. About their love for their former record company. I only see the live versions on here and this is a MUST, my favorite single Graham Parker song, since I first heard it. The best version too. I was 12, I sent in my 60 cents for postage along with the corner of the inner sleeve of Squeezing Out Sparks with the proof of purchase code on it to the company and they sent me the single! This is from the anthology. ENJOY! DISCLAIMER: I do not own or claim to own this, no copyright infringement is intended, this video is made possible by the Fair Use Act. This is for educational and entertainment purposes ONLY. NO money is being made on this video or on ANY of mine, by me. Get this song if you like it. LYRICS: No more pretending now, the albatross is dying in its nest The company is crippling me, the worst trying to ruin the best, the best Their promotion’s so lame, they could never ever take it to the real ball game Maybe they think I’m a pet! Well I got all the diseases, I’m breaking out in sweat you bet ’cause I’ve got Mercury poisoning It’s fatal and it don’t get better I’ve got Mercury poisoning the best kept secret in the West. The boys and me are getting real well-known around town But every time we try to spread the action someone always brings it down, down, down down down I ate the orange and I don’t feel well For them it’s inconvenience, for me it’s hell The geriatric staff think we’re freaks They couldn’t sell kebabs to the Greeks The geeks! ACTION SPEAKS and I’ve got Mercury poisoning It’s fatal and it don’t get better I’ve got Mercury poisoning The best-kept secret in the West Is this a Russian conspiracy? No, it’s just idiocy! Is this a Chinese burn... I’ve got a dinosaur for a representative It’s got a small brain and refuses to learn! Their promotion’s so lame they could never ever take it to the real ball game Listen, I ain’t a PET! Or a token hipster in your monopoly set! You bet, ’cause I’ve got Mercury poisoning It’s fatal and it don’t get better I’ve got Mercury poisoning the best-kept secret in the West He’s got Mercury poisoning it’s fatal and it don’t get better We’ve got Mercury poisoning the best-kept secret in the West Yeah, I’m the best-kept secret in the West yes, the best-kept secret in the West, the best, the best-kept secret in the West, the best, the best-kept secret in the West The best, the best-kept secret in the West the best, the best-kept secret in the West.