And so the the story beginsCity dweller, successful fellaThought to himself oops I’ve got a lot of moneyI’m caught in a rat race terminallyI’m a professional cynic but my heart’s not in itI’m paying the price of living life at the limitCaught up in the centuries anxietyIt preys on him, he’s getting thin He lives […]
Tag Archives: The Great Escape
Fade Away
They stumbled into their livesIn a vague way became man and wifeOne got the other they deserved one anotherThey settled in a brand new townWith people from the same backgroundThey kept themselves busyLong hours left them dizzyNow when he’s in, she’s out All you ever do is fade awayAll you ever do is fade awayThey […]
Best Days
Over the river they all go againOut into leafy nowhere hope someone’s waiting out there for themCabbie has his mind on a fare to the sunHe works nights but it’s not much funPicks up the london yo-yosAll on their own down sohoTake me home Other people wouldn’t like to hear youIf you said that these […]
Globe Alone
Who met this one on the m1Who hasn’t stopped sucking his thumbWho very straight and never grinsWho cars what car he’s driving in He is because he saw it on a commercial breakAnd if he doesn’t get what he wants then he’ll get a headacheBecause he needs it, wants it, almost loves itHe’s here on […]
Mr. Robinsons' Quango
Mr. robinson and his quangoDirty dealer, expensive carRuns the buses and the evening starHe got a hairpiece and he got herpesHis private life is very discreetA nicer man you’re never going to meetA self professed saviour of the dim right wingHe’s got respiratory problems and a masons ring Mr. robinson and his quangoDrinks with the […]
It Could Be You
Churchill got his lucky number but tomorrow there’s anotherCould be me, could be you, no silver spoonSticky teeth they rot too soonYou’ve got to have the best tunes or that’s it, you’ve blown it All we want is to be happy in our homes like happy familiesBe the man on the beach with the world […]
Ernold Same
Ernold same awoke from the same dream in the same bed at the same timeLooked in the same mirror made the same frownAnd felt the same way as he did every dayThen ernold same caught the same train at the same stationSat in the same seat with the same nasty stain next to same old […]
Entertain Me
We can’t do backBut so is heHead to the floodlightsSee the fraternityThey’re waitingI hear them up in the northAnd down in the southAnd all that is spewingSpewing out of his mouthEntertain me, entertain meEntertain me, entertain me At his and hers datingBored minds agreeRequirements to be statedReplies awaitedShe wants a loose fitHe wants instant whipHe […]