I've got a pervert doppelganger He came from over the sea He hangs around doing sexual crimes And the blame is getting pinned on me The blame is getting pinned on me
Whenever that pervert shows his face My friends all think he's me They give him records by Squarepusher And a box of Japanese tea A box of Japanese green tea
He's taken a flat in Smithfields now Where refrigerated lorries unload dead cows They call him the Smithfields Ripper now And the rap is getting pinned on me The rap is getting pinned on me
And now my pervert doppelganger Has got my girlfriend's phone-number I gave her a warning, but yesterday morning She cancelled her date with me 'And made it a date with me!'
I went to the flat of my doppelganger I'd copied my girlfriend's key I waited in a cupboard till they both came round Then jumped out very suddenly Jumped out very suddenly
And now we get along like a house on fire The police took away my doppelganger He's a high security prisoner now Being held under lock and key And everybody thinks, thinks he's me
And when the lorries unload their cows Their hogs, their heifers and sows In piles of slithering meat I give my girl a treat With unstoppable energy Can the man in the mirror be me Can the man in the mirror be me Can the man in the mirror be me Or can it be