She flares up, they start to fight   A chemical reaction late into the night   Once they're out of love, now they're outta sight   That's alright   When silence reigns, it's strange weather   Why do you have to leave me for a man   Who couldn't tie his shoe-laces together?   He's had the last laugh but the joke's on him   He could've had a final bang but drags on with a whimper   When dogs bark    And when cats meow   Two humans are the animals they knew they could be now   Sniffing round each other's dirt   Fighting til it starts to hurt   And eating each other's babies      Paperback's get thrown, the story unfolds   Two lost sheep who couldn't find the fold   They got no common sense, couldn't catch the common cold   I've been told   She fights tooth and claw, he starts to abuse her   You show me someone who takes losing well   And I'll show you a loser   He's a very small man wearing very big clothes   There's no room for expansion but there's plenty of room for growth   When dogs bark   And when cats meow   Two humans fighting middleweight, instead of middlebrow   Picking on those little things   Tearing off each other's wings   And eating each other's babies      We're stuck here in this cage   Playing out this prison game   Committing all these war crimes   Time after time after time after time after time      Something clicks, time to get soft   She's getting on, he's getting off   On the way she splutters with her little cough   That's enough   They're so adept, he used to spoil her   Sometimes we get so see through    Think I'm living out some potboiler   Remember me forever in your gallery   When all your past is catalogued and filed alphabetically   When dogs bark   And when cats meow   We don't have to say anything final now   Let's kiss and make up   Put off the break up   Let's eat each other's babies   Let's eat each other's babies   Let's eat each other's babies