Dave Peverett - Riff Bros. Music - ASCAP









I've been wearin' my fingers down to the bone,

Just pushin' your number on the telephone.

I chewed up the rug, knocked a hole in the wall,

But your line was busy everytime I call.

Remember the shots that we took last night?

Polaroid Woman sure treat me right.

But right now I'm down on my knees,

I need your nervous release,

Your nervous release.



I had a long hard day and now my nerves are on edge,

Like I just stepped back from a window ledge.

I smoked too many straights, too much caffeine,

Feel like I'm burnin' bad gasoline.

IBM Woman, now I've got a hunch,

You're too wound up from operating that punch

I'll hang up the phone, grab the keys,

I need your nervous release, ah yeah.



{Instrumental}



I woke up at noon, I should've stayed in bed.

I checked my level, it was in the red.

I swear I heard voices, there was no one around,

An ice-cold shower couldn't cool me down.

I used to brag about my nerves of steel,

Heavy Metal Woman just can't be real!

Cool me down by degrees,

I need your nervous release.

N-n..n- n- ...



I'm as nervous as a man could be,

Full of guilt and insecurity.

Too much work, man it's killing me!,

Like a mad dog howling through the trees,

I need your nervous release, your nervous release.



N-n..n-n..n-n..n-nervous release.

N-n..n-n..n-n..n-nervous release.

Oh baby, oh baby...

Alright!