Jarvis: Walk Like a Panther (song)

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Details

  • Artist: The All Seeing I
  • Length: 4:27 (album version)
  • Released: Walk Like a Panther (single) (January 1999); Pickled Eggs & Sherbert (album) (September 1999)

Credits

  • Lyrics: Jarvis Cocker
  • Lead vocals: Tony Christie
  • Music: The All Seeing I

Lyrics

Marie has set up home
with a man who's half my age
A halfwit in a leotard
stands on my stage
The standards have fallen
My value has dropped
But don't shed a tear
Some walk like they own the place
Whilst others creep in fear
Try if you can
to walk like a man
But you don't come near

You've got to fly like an eagle
Prowl like a lion in Africa
Leap like a salmon home from the sea
To keep up with me
You've got to walk like a panther tonight
Walk like a panther tonight

The old hometown just looks the same
Like a derelict man who had died out of shame
Like a jumble sale left out in the rain
It's not good; it's not right
The standards have fallen
My value has dropped
But don't shed a tear
Some walk like they own the place
Whilst others creep in fear
So try if you can to walk like a man
But you don't come near

You've got to fly like an eagle
Prowl like a lion in Africa
Leap like a salmon home from the sea
To keep up with me
You've got to walk like a panther tonight
Walk like a panther tonight

Where did you leave your self respect?
You look like a reptile; your house is a wreck
Your existence an insult
And stains that are suspect cover your clothes
The standards have fallen
My value has dropped
But don't shed a tear
Some walk like they own the place
Whilst others creep in fear
So try if you can to walk like a man
But you don't come near

You've got to fly like an eagle
Prowl like a lion in Africa
Leap like a salmon home from the sea
To keep up with me
You've got to walk like a panther tonight
Walk like a panther tonight
Walk like a panther tonight
Walk like a panther tonight
Walk like a panther tonight
Walk like a panther tonight
Walk like a panther tonight
Walk like a panther tonight
Walk like a panther tonight
Walk like a panther tonight

Notes

The Pretenders recorded a cover version for their Loose Screw album released in 2002.

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