Man or a Mouse (feat. Alex Kirkham)

When I was a lowly student running short of cash

I worked at a theme park clearing up the trash

Then one day an absence left a mouse-suit vacancy

I was asked if I could stretch to street-type artistry

(Eeek-Eeek, Eeek-Eeek)

When I wore my mouse's suit I was celebrity

(Celebrity)

Everywhere that I appeared the people flocked to me

(Like honey bees)

Strangers stood with open arms expecting my embrace

(They loved you)

Children stood on tippy-toes to reach to kiss my face

"Man or mouse, are you a man or mouse?"

She doesn't know how good a mouse's life can be

Oh, what I'd give just as a (Eeek-Eeek)

Mouse to live (Eeek)

A man who's a mouse is like rodent royalty. That's for me!

When I dressed up as the mouse the people knew my name

(The mouse's name)

When I walked home as myself, a no-one I became

(A looser)

With the whiskers and the ears the crowd all wanted me

(Not really you)

Now with my own face I'm a complete non-entity

"Man or mouse, are you a" (Eeek-Eeek)

"Man or mouse?" (Eeek)

She doesn't know how good a mouse's life can be

(Eeek-Eeek) Oh, what I'd give just as a (Eeek-Eeek)

Mouse to live (Eeek)

A man who's a mouse is like rodent royalty. That's for me!

When I hear her nagging voice or catch her scolding eye

(The evil eye)

I get a sense of irony as I move to comply

(Ironic)

My mind drifts back to when I raised my proud and mousy head

(To better days)

To days of stardom, day of joy, before she ever said

"Are you a man or mouse, are you a man or mouse?"

She doesn't know how good a mouse's life can be

(Eeek-Eeek) Oh, what I'd give just as a (Eeek-Eeek)

Mouse to live (Eeek)

A man who's a mouse is like rodent royalty. That's for me!