Help with China Crisis lyric

[Aeneas]

It's almost 30 years old this song and I still don't know what the first line is.
The song is "Working With Fire And Steel"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ7vX7xX0G8

Anyone know it? Checked some websites and they all start with,

"I could never keep a beat, too busy in my paradise..."

but I always wondered what he says at the 5 - 7 second point.

Sorry for the poor youtube audio. This version is edited too, note insertion of "stuck" instead of you know what at 1:21.

Probably meaningless but always been curious.

[Cheerio]

Whatever it is, it sounds Swedish.

[McG]

hmmm...i have this album down stairs. i will try to remember to pull it in the morning and see what it says.

good album though.

[McG]

i could never keep a beat
too busy in my paradise
put a crocodile in high office
and something out of place inside.

i had to go and get it. it was bugging me.

[troutman]

It is a backwards message - "I buried Paul".

It sounds like counting - 1,2,3 in some other language?