I Had A Bad Experience With The C.I.A. And Now I’m Gonna Show You My Feminine Side

[Verse 1]
The ways of love weave a tapestry
Non-linear threads of mystery
Revisionist strands of history
Are the ways of love
The ways of love blow a Cold War wind
That kicks you out and brings you in
We're counterspies and specialty men
In the ways of love

[Pre-Chorus 1]
(Ways of love)
A shady past, the financier
(Are kiss and tell)
Of letter bombs and phony beards
(A smoking gun)
A cheap disguise for a tender soul
(A bullet shell)
Your coup d'état, my overthrow

[Chorus 1]
I had a bad experience with the C.I.A
No, they wouldn't let me show her my feminine side
She got busted undercover for the F.B.I
She was concealing all her glory and her masculine pride
It's a covert operation, and we're D.O.A
On regulated doses of love's cyanide

[Verse 2]
The ways of love are an alchemy
Of cryptic code and anarchy
The paragon of a parody
Are the ways of love

[Pre-Chorus 2]
(Ways of love)
A camera in a boutonniere
(Are covert plans)
A poison tip on a wired brassiere
(To infiltrate)
Where loyalties are second-guessed
(The everyman)
And removed with extreme prejudice

[Chorus 2]
I had a bad experience with the C.I.A
And now I'm gonna show you my feminine side
You got busted undercover for the F.B.I
And now you're gonna show me your masculine pride
It's a covert operation, and we're D.O.A
On regulated doses of love's cyanide

[Bridge]
The ways of love
(These are the ways of love)

[Outro]
The ways of love are a dossier
(These are the ways of love)
Of tramps and thieves and runaways
A ransom note with a price to pay
(These are the ways of love)
Are the ways of love
The ways of love are a secret sauce
(These are the ways of love)
Of sacrifice and grievous loss
A crown of thorns and a double-cross
(These are the ways of love)
Are the ways of love
The ways of love
(These are the ways of love)