The Best Jewel Thief in the World - Prefab Sprout

Masked and dressed in black

You scramble over rooftops

Carrying a bag, a bag marked swag

You’re the best jewel thief in the world

Vigilance is lax

Security complacent

Adjacent to the gem, a diadem of pearl

Is the best jewel thief in the world

Watch your legend grow

The rooftops are for dreamers

You strike and then return Lucerne-Heathrow

The best jewel thief in the world

Down below, down below

What do any of those losers know?

Down below, down below

What do any of those assholes know?

Even so, even so

Be a Buddhist boy and let it go

Even so, even so

Be a Catholic boy and let it go

You’re the best jewel thief in the world

Sirens moan and drone and groan

But Interpol can’t catch you

The cameras always show a screen of snow

Ergo, you’re the best jewel thief in the world

Down below, down below

What do any of those losers know?

Down below, down below

What do any of those assholes know?

Even so, even so

Be a Buddhist boy and let it go

Even so, even so

Be a Catholic boy and let it go

You’re the best jewel thief in the world

Nimble as a cat

They hope your luck deserts you

They’re sharpening their knives, but you have nine lives

You’re the best jewel thief in the world

Watch your legend grow

Watch your legend grow

Watch your legend grow

You’re the best jewel thief in the world