[Note: Brix's opening monologue, transcribed in italics here, appeared on the original 7" version of the song, but was omitted from some subsequent reissues of the track. The "C.R.E.E.P." refrain, transcribed here in parentheses, is also Brix's vocal]
"Propositions are integrated within Gen up to electric dog status We pat you on the back Your ears prick up We call you Hitler And then kick you around like homogenized milk"
He reads books of the list book club And after two months, his stance a familiar hunch And it's that same slouch you had the last time he came around His oppression abounds, his type is doing the rounds He is scum egg, a horrid trendy wretch
(C.R.E.E.P.)
Black saucers at the back of your neck Interruptions from the side when you talk And the presence of this ugly gawk is offending, make sure you're not absorbed With hideous luck he'll absorb all your talk
(C.R.E.E.P.) (C.R.E.E.P.) (C.R.E.E.P.)
From the bright sun, he came one fine morn "Populist" - oh well, in his class at least But then came real age, and for that we all must pay
(and for that we all do pay) (C.R.E.E.P.) (C.R.E.E.P.) (C.R.E.E.P.) (C.R.E.E.P.) (C.R.E.E.P.) (C.R.E.E.P.) (C.R.E.E.P.) (C.R.E.E.P.) (C.R.E.E.P.) (C.R.E.E.P.) (C.R.E.E.P.)
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