Victims of TISM Support Group

Existentialtism (1)

You know, me and my baby, no couple like us
She's got her Sartre, we got our Camus.
I love her 'cause I hate the stinkin' bitch
Oh she's like a train, or a horse, I forget which

Who cleans the home?
Jean-Paul Sartre?
Simone de Beauvoir (2)?

I'm the outsider (3), I break the law.
But here's a tip the book's a bore
Oh I'll take responsibility for my innermost wishes
Oh I'll be buggered if I do the dishes

Who cleans the home?
Jean-Paul Sartre?
Simone de Beauvoir?

Now my baby's left me, she's walked out the door
Says she don't want my six-inch gold-blade (4) no more
I'm aware that one never really knows other
Stuff existentialism, I'm going back to mother

Annotations

1. A play on existentialism and TISM. The former is a philosophical movement whose most notable proponents include Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir and Albert Camus.
2. Sartre and de Beauvoir were lovers.
3. The Outsider (L'Etranger) is a book by Camus. Also the inspiration for The Cure's song Killing An Arab, however the Cure incorrectly translated the title as 'the stranger'.
4. '6" Gold Blade' is the title of a Birthday Party song from the album Junkyard. The Birthday Party / Nick Cave are also referred to in Morrison Hostel and Give Up For Australia