Gobbledygook, double Dutch,
it’s all Greek to me.
Gibberish, chicken scratch,
it’s all Greek to me.
As if you’re talking in Patagonian,
the language of angels, of pharaoh’s magicians
(all I understand is train station),
it’s all Greek to me.
A town in Russia, Czech movie,
it’s all Greek to me.
A Spanish village, as if you say Lucy,
it’s all Greek to me.
Cat’s footprints, magpie’s toes,
Armenian subordinate clause,
a dog’s sound, a dinosaur roar.
it’s all Greek to me.
Pig’s German, Chinese alphabet book,
it’s all Greek to me.
Turkish sermon, pure Volapük,
it’s all Greek to me.
Hieroglyphics, chicken feet,
ghost-drawn marks – it sounds like Greek,
Martian writing – it is pure Greek:
it’s all Greek to me.
Translations of idioms equivalent to Greek to me in other languages.
