The Ugly Underneath Lyrics - Nonsuch - Xtc

First there's the handshake 

It's so warm that you could bake by it 

Designed to take attention from their 

Ugly underneath 

Then there's the wedding 

The coordinated bedding 

And the fairy tale shredding 

Boy, it's ugly underneath 

And after the pretty 

There's a gluttony of pity 

On a cake called nitty, gritty 

And it's ugly underneath 

Did you ever try to prise away the mask 

Go ahead, take a spoon and try 

I can tell you it's a Herculean task 

Go ahead, it's okay to cry 

What you're chewing on's the truth 

And that's the hardest thing 

To wash down with a glass of lemonade 

The ugly underneath, ah 

The thing with politicians is 

I wouldn't have suspicions 

If I saw their worst positions 

And their ugly underneath 

But after all the voting 

Suck away the sugar coating 

Now they've had you and they're gloating 

Boy, it's ugly underneath 

Did you ever try to roll away the wheel 

Go ahead, take a fork and try 

See the unattractive things that make us real 

Go ahead, it's okay to cry 

What you've trodden in's the truth 

And that's the hardest thing 

To wash down with a glass of lemonade