The Adventurous Type Songtext
von The Divine Comedy

The adventurous type would call up a friend
And make up a plan to meet and then
the adventurous type would make his way there
His friend wouldn′t show but he wouldn't care

′Cause everyone knows that friends are for fools
The adventurous type makes up his own rules
Much better by half to follow your nose
Do something rash and see where it goes

The adventurous type would stick out a thumb
And jump in whatever car that comes along
Now here's an interesting group of guys
All tattoos, leather, skinheads and knives

They drive and drive and drive some more
With stereo pumping and foot to the floor
They speak in a language he can't understand
But that doesn′t phase the adventurous man

I wanna know what it′s like
I wanna know what it's like
To be the adventurous type


The adventurous type gets out of the car
and follows his new friends into a bar
And after a few unspeakable drinks
And plates of inedible food, he thinks

"The adventurous type can do better than this"
He says "What′s that over there?"
And slips away through the kitchen into the alley
into the midst of a fascist rally

They goose step, goose step, back through the bar
His former companions are raising their arms
And singing a song, the sounds of it like
"Death to all adventurous types"

Then with a crash a hundred police
with tear gas and truncheons burst in from the street
Chaos ensues, he runs for the door
but he's hit by a bottle and slumps to the floor

I wanna know what it′s like
I wanna know what it's like
To be the adventurous type

The adventurous type wakes up in a pool
of mud and blood and fish and drool
He looks at his watch, his watch isn′t there
Along with his wallet and most of his hair


That's when he notices he's on a ship
That′s rolling and pitching and making him sick
He scans the horizon, no land in sight
"Oh, my God, what a brilliant night"

I wanna know what it′s like
I wanna know what it's like
To be the adventurous type

(I wanna know what it′s like) I wanna know what it's like
(I wanna know what it′s like) I wanna know what it's like
(I wanna know what it′s like) I wanna know what it's like
(I wanna know what it's like) to be the adventurous type

(I wanna know what it′s like) to be the adventurous type
(I wanna know what it′s like) I wanna know what it's like
(I wanna know what it′s like) I wanna know what it's like
(I wanna know what it′s like) to be the adventurous type

(I wanna know what it's like)
(I wanna know what it′s like)
(I wanna sleep with your wife)
(I wanna know what it's like)