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Mansun, "Stripper Vicar"
(1997)

Dear Mavis I'm compelled to write this letter
In the hope that you may soon be getting better
I've a feeling you should go and see a doctor
If you haven't then you know you really ought to
I was worried so I went to see the vicar
But before I could confess he first confessed to be a stripper

Dear Mavis it was very strange to see him
So I thought I'd write and ask your opinion
Should I grass on him, report him to the cardinal
Or whether I should egg him on to turn professional?
If I dob on him they'll call him plastic scouser
But the only thing the stripper vicar wears is plastic trousers

Mavis's opinion is all we really seek
Mavis's opinion is all we should we...
Lie while he's still alive
Should we lie while he's still alive
'Cause when the vicar strips he gets away with it

Dear Mavis thought I'd follow up my letter
Drop a line about the fate of our poor vicar
Very tragically his time on earth is ended
Found him gagged and bound in stockings and suspenders
Dear Mavis if you tell us what your thoughts are
And I hope that they're not biased 'cause you are the vicar's daughter

Mavis's opinion is all we really seek
Mavis's opinion is all we should we...
Lie now that he has died
Should we lie now that he has died
'Cause when the vicar strips he gets away with it

And we know him as our vicar and by night a part-time stripper
And the vicar got suspended in his stockings and suspenders
And he's making wine from water while he dresses like his daughter
And we know that he's a ripoff 'cause we've seen him with his kit off

Should we lie now that he has died
Should we lie now that he has died
'Cos when the vicar strips he gets away with it

Though I'm sure lots of you Brits get the reference, here's the story that the song alludes to for us ugly Americans. Blah blah, most transvestites are straight--whatever. Why can't conservative politicians in the US go out with such a bang? Less page-groping, plz.