AT AMBER 

I'm calling you from the foyer 
Of the Sans Hotel 
Where the men and the women 
Are acquainted quite well 

And the drunkards keep on drinking 
And oh, my room is cold 
I'm disputing the bill, I will sleep in my clothes 

And you, my invalid friend 
You slam the receiver when you say 
"If I had your limbs for a day 
I would steam away" 

I'm calling you from the foyer 
Of this awful hotel 
Where the slime and the grime 
Gel 

And I cannot, or I do not ...
And oh, my room is cold 
And I'm envying you never having to choose 

And you, my invalid friend 
You slam the receiver when you say 
"If I had your limbs for a day 
I would steam away" 

I'm calling you from the foyer 
Of the Sans Hotel 
It's not low-life, it's just people having a good time 

And oh, my invalid friend 
Oh, my invalid friend 
In our different ways we are the same 







BLACK-EYED SUSAN 

     Black-eyed Susan 
     You make us nervous 
     Because we're very aware that you do not care 

     Oh, Black-eyed Susan 
     What don't you believe in ? 
     'No' is always easier than 'yes' 
     Whoo !

     Black-eyed Susan 
     You must insist 
     You are a born-again atheist, oh 

     Oh, heavy rings on 
     Bitten fingers 
     Black-eyed Susan sometimes 
     Shakes to break 
     So, watch it ! 

     Oh ... 
     Black-eyed Susan 
     Rest and do nothing 
     'Cause it's the only thing that you do quite well 
     Aah ... 

     Black-eyed Susan 
     Rest and do nothing 
     'Cause it's the only thing that you do quite well 
     Aah ... 

     Black-eyed Susan 
     Rest and do nothing 
     'Cause it's the only thing that you do quite well 
     Aah ... 

     Black-eyed Susan 
     Please remember 
     We were the first 
     We were the first 
     Oh ... 






COSMIC DANCER (LIVE) 

     I was dancing when I was twelve 
     I was dancing when I was twelve 
     I was dancing when I was ... oh 
     I was dancing when I was ... oh 
     I danced myself out of the womb 
     I danced myself out of the womb 
     Is it strange to dance so soon ? 
     Is it strange to dance so soon ? 

     Is it wrong to understand 
     The fear that dwells inside a man ?
     What's it like to be alone ? 
     I liken it to a balloon 
     Oh ... 

     I danced myself into the tomb 
     I danced myself into the tomb 
     Is it strange to dance so soon ? 
     Is it strange to dance so soon ? 

     Is it wrong to understand 
     The fear that dwells inside a man ?
     What's it like to be alone ? 
     I liken it to a balloon 
     Oh ... 





EAST WEST 

     East West 
     Over the ocean 
     Perpetual motion 
     Travelling around 

     No rest 
     Singing and playing 
     Night out and day in 
     Doing the rounds 

     What a great life this must seem !

     Swelled joints 
     Everything classy 
     Nothing is tacky 
     Only the best 

     Lush girls 
     Older and dying 
     Sighing and crying 
     "This is success !" 

     What a great life this must seem !

     But when I hear your voice 
     Singing out 
     The Bells Of Home 
     Are ringing out 
     And I feel all alone 
     (And I think of my home) 

     Cold times 
     A wind through the houses 
     The bleakness arouses 
     A longing to leave 

     Time flew 
     I wanted to see you 
     Somehow I could not do 
     Because of success 

     What a strange life this can be !

     But when I hear your voice 
     Singing out 
     The Bells Of Home 
     Are ringing out 
     And I feel all alone 
     (And I think of my home)





GET OFF THE STAGE 

     Oh, you silly old man 
     You silly old man 
     You're making a fool of yourself 
     So get off the stage 

     You silly old man 
     In your misguided trousers 
     With your mascara and your Fender guitar 
     And you think you can arouse us ?

     But the song that you just sang 
     It sounds exactly like the last one 
     And the next one 
     I bet you it will sound 
     Like this one 

     Downstage, and offstage 
     Don't you feel all run in ?
     And do you wonder when they will take it away ?
     This is your final fling 

     But then applause ran high 
     But for the patience of the ones behind you 
     As a verse drags on like a month drags on 
     It's very short, but it seems very long 

     And the song that you just sang 
     It sounds exactly like the last one 
     And the next one 
     I bet you it will sound 
     Like this one 

     So, get off the stage 
     Oh, get off the stage 
     And when we get down off of the stage 
     Please stay off the stage - ALL DAY !

     Get off the stage 
     Oh, get off the stage 
     And when we've had our money back 
     Then I'd like your back in plaster 

     Oh, I know that you say 
     How age has no meaning 
     Oh, but here is your audience now 
     And they're screaming : 

     "Get off the stage"
     Oh, get off the stage 
     Because I've given you enough of my time 
     And the money that wasn't even mine 
     Have you seen yourself recently ?

     Oh, get off the stage 
     Oh, get off the stage 
     For whom, oh ... 
     For whom, oh ... 
     For whom, oh ... 
     For whom, oh ... 

     Get off the stage 
     Get off the stage 
     Get off the stage 

     For whom the bell tolls 





GIRL LEAST LIKELY TO 

     How many times have I been around ?
     Recycled papers paving the ground 
     Well, she lives for the written word 
     And people come second, or possibly third 

     And there is no style, but I say "well done"
     To the Girl Least Likely To 
     Oh, deep in my heart, how I wish I was wrong 
     But deep in my heart, I know I am not 
     And there's enough gloom in her world, I'm certain 
     Without my contribution 

     So I sit, and I smile, and I say "well done"
     To the Girl Least Likely To 
     Page after page of sniping rage 
     An English singe or an American tinge 
     "There's a publisher," she said, "...in the new year"
     (It's never in this year)

     I do think this, but I can't admit it 
     To the Girl Least Likely To 
     So one more song with no technique 
     One more song which seems all wrong ...
     And oh, the news is bad again 
     See me as I am again 

     And the scales of justice sway one way 
     In the rooms of Those Least Likely To 
     Oh, deep in my heart, how I want to be wrong 
     But the moods and the styles too frequently change 
     From 21 to 25, from 25 to 29 

     And I sit, and I smile, and I say "well done"
     To the Girl Least Likely To 
     Oh, one more song about The Queen 
     Or standing around the shops with thieves 
     "But somebody's got to make it !" she screams 
     "So why why can't it be me ?"
     But she would die if we heard her sing from the heart 
     Which is hurt 

     So how many times will I shed a tear ?
     And another stage of verse to cheer 
     When you shine in the public eye, my dear 
     Please remember these nights 
     When I sit and support with a dutiful smile 
     Because there's nothing I can say 
     So chucking, churning, and turning the knife 
     On everything (except your own life) 
     And a clock somewhere strikes midnight 
     And an explanation - it drains me 
     If only there could be a way 

     There is a different mood all over the world 
     A different tune on familiar views 
     And dearest, it could all be for you 
     So will you come down and I'll meet you ?
     With no more poems, with nothing to hear 
     Oh darling, it's all for you... 
     Darling, it's all for you ... 
     Oh darling, it's all for you ... 
     Oh darling, it's all for you ... 





HEIR APPARENT 

     I came back to my old city 
     With fierce determination 
     And I couldn't find my way out of the station 

     It's all changed 
     You were there 
     Departing, starting 
     A trek I had once took 
     With that "no-one's gonna stop me when I feel this way" look 

     Apparent, apparent 
     Heir apparent 
     You think it's so easy, I tell you - it isn't 
     But you may change minds with your winning smile 

     I fell down in my old city 
     Such sad degradation 
     So I tried to make my way back to the station 

     You were still there 
     Gleaming and leaving 
     Wide-eyed and awestruck 
     Saying "How can anybody hate me 
     If I love them first off ?" 

     Apparent, apparent 
     Heir apparent 
     You think it's so easy, I tell you - it isn't 
     But you may change minds with your winning smile 

     Heir, heir, heir 
     Heir, heir, heir 
     Heir, heir, heir 
     Heir, heir, heir 
     But you may be OK, I don't know 

     I'll see you back here 
     In a few bruised years 
     Pray 
     I'll see you here 
     I'll see you here 
     I'll see you here 

     Apparent, apparent 
     Heir apparent 
     You say that you want it, I'm sure that you'll get it 
     They'll seduce your heart and then they'll slap your arse 

     Heir, heir, heir 
     Heir, heir, heir 
     Heir, heir, heir 
     Heir, heir, heir 






I CAN HAVE BOTH 

     Staring in the window of the shop that never opens 
     Planning my selection from all the treats inside 
     Should I take as I desire - oh shall I, oh shall I ? 
     Or should I hang around to be enticed inside ? 

     I'm trying to explain to myself 
     I can have both 
     I'm trying to explain to the voice inside 
     I can have both 
     I can have both 
     There's nobody around to say no 
     Who've brain-washed the small shy boy inside 
     He doesn't know he can have both 

     Smiling through the window to the one who never serves you 
     I've not been feeling myself tonight 
     Should I take as I feel like it - well shall I, oh shall I ?
     Or should I wait and hope to be dragged inside ?
     Oh ... 

     I'm trying to explain to myself 
     I can have both 
     I'm trying to explain to the voice inside 
     I can have both 
     I can have both 
     There's nobody around to say no 
     Who've brain-washed the small shy boy inside 
     He doesn't know he can have both 

     I can have both 
     There's no need to choose 
     Because 
     I can have both 
     There's no need to choose 
     I can have both 
     There's no need to choose 
     Because 
     I can have both 
     There's no need to choose 
     I can have both 
     There's no need to choose 










I KNOW VERY WELL HOW I GOT MY NAME 

     A child in a curious phase 
     A man with sullen ways 
     Oh, I know very well how I got my name 

     You think you were my first love 
     You think you were my first love, but you're wrong 
     You were the only one 
     Who's come and gone 

     When thirteen years old 
     Who dyed his hair gold ? 
     Oh, I know very well, I don't need to be told 

     You think you were my first love 
     You think you were my first love, but you're wrong 
     You were the only one 
     Who's come and gone 

     You were the only one 
     Who's come and gone 





I'VE CHANGED MY PLEA TO GUILTY 

     I'm standing in the dock 
     With my innocent hand on my heart 
     I've changed my plea 
     I've changed my plea to guilty 
     Because freedom is wasted on me 
     See how your rules spoil the game 

     Outside there is a pain 
     Emotional air raids exhausted my heart 
     And it's safer to be inside 
     So, I'm changing my plea 
     And no one can dissuade me 
     Because freedom was wasted on me 
     See how your rules spoil the game 

     Something I have learned 
     If there is one thing in life I've observed 
     It's that everybody's got somebody 
     Ooh no, not me 
     So I've changed my plea to guilty 
     And reason and freedom is a waste 
     It's a lot like love 





INTERLUDE 

     Time is like a dream 
     And now, for a time, you are mine 
     Let's hold fast to the dream 
     That tastes and sparkles like wine 

     Who knows (who knows) 
     If it's real 
     Or just something we're both dreaming of 
     What seems like an interlude now 
     Could be the beginning of love 

     Loving you 
     Is a world that's strange 
     So much more than my heart can hold 
     Loving you 
     Makes the whole world change 
     Loving you, I could not grow old 

     No, nobody knows 
     When love will end 
     So till then, sweet friend ...

     Time is like a dream 
     And now, for a time, you are mine 
     Let's hold fast to the dream 
     That tastes and sparkles like wine 

     Who knows (who knows) 
     If it's real 
     Or just something we're both dreaming of ? 
     What seems like an interlude now 
     Could be the beginning of love 
     What seems like an interlude now 
     Could be the beginning of love 
     What seems like an interlude now 
     Could be the beginning of love 






I'D LOVE TO 

     Again 
     I lay awake 
     and I cried because of waste

     I'd love to 
     (But only with you 
     Only with you) 

     Oh, time is gonna wipe us out 
     There, I've said it loud and clear 
     So that you will hear 
     There's no one in view 
     Just you 
     Just you 
     And time will never wipe you out 

     Now I've had enough 
     I've had more than could be 
     My rightful share 
     Of nights I can't bear 
     How can it be fair ? 
     Time must wipe them out 

     So, again, I lay awake 
     In a trance 
     Oh, I just want my chance 
     But only with you 
     Only with you 
     That's all 
     That's all 
     Aah ... 








JOURNALISTS WHO LIE 

     Journalists who lie 
     Stealing the money 
     Prospering with spite 
     Hate-In-A-Hurry 
     Oh, see how : 

     They're only trying to make their name 
     By spreading Biz myth-lies 
     About the ones who've made their name 
     Stick in the knife 
     Stick in the knife 

     Journalists who lie 
     The truth is, it happens 
     Praise, then crucify 
     Just follow this pattern 
     And see how :

     They're only trying to make their name 
     By spreading sickening lies 
     About the ones who've made their name 
     Mate, give us the knife 
     Give us the knife 

     Journalists who lie 
     So happy in malice 
     Rock star - out of line 
     So happy in malice 
     Oh ... 

     Journalists who lie 
     So sick and belaboured 
     They only want to be favoured 
     They only want to be favoured 
     See how :

     They're only trying to make their name 
     With unprovable lies 
     About the ones 
     Who've made their name 

     In the black hole 
     Of your soul 
     Still bargaining away the Truth 
     So easily 
     Truth 

     Journalists who lie 
     Stealing the money 
     Prospering with spite 
     And Hate-In-A-Hurry 

     Journalists who lie 
     The truth is, it happens 
     Praise, then crucify 
     Just follow this pattern 

     Journalists who lie 
     So sick and belaboured 
     They want to be favoured 
     They only want to be favoured 







LET THE RIGHT ONE SLIP IN 

     Let the right one in 
     Let the old dreams die 
     Let the wrong ones go 
     They cannot 
     They cannot 
     They cannot do what you want them to do
     Oh ... 

     Let the right one in 
     Let the old dreams die 
     Let the wrong ones go 
     They do not 
     They do not 
     They do not see what you want them to 
     Oh ... 

     Let the right one in 
     Let the old things fade 
     Put the tricks and schemes (for good) away 

     Ah ... I will advise 
     Ah ... Until my mouth dries 
     Ah ... I will advise you to ... 

     Ah ... let the right one slip in 
     Slip in 
     Slip in 

     And when at last it does 
     I'd say you were within your rights to bite 
     The right one and say, "what kept you so long ?" 
     "What kept you so long ?" 
     Oh ... 





LOST 

     Jet trails in the sky 
     Leave one word behind 
     A hand bangs into sand a name 
     And we all understand 

     Everybody's Lost 
     But they're pretending they're not 
     Lost 
     Oh, Lost 

     Jet trails in the sky 
     Leave one thought behind 
     A hand bangs into sand a name 
     And we all understand 

     Everybody's Lost 
     But they're pretending they're not 
     Lost 
     Oh, Lost 

     So if I see you 
     And I tell you 
     How I've watched you 
     I'm just Lost 

     So if I see you 
     And I tell you 
     I've watched you 
     Don't make fun of me later 
     Cause I'm just Lost 

     If I see you 
     And I tell you 
     How I've watched you 
     Don't make fun of me later 
     Cause I'm just Lost 

     If I see you 
     And I tell you 
     How I've watched you 
     Don't make fun of me later 
     Cause I'm just Lost 
     Lost Lost Lost Lost Lost Lost 





MICHAEL'S BONES 

     Michael's bones 
     Lay where he fell 
     Face down on a sports ground 
     Oh ... 

     He was just somebody's luckless son 
     Oh, but now look what he's done 
     Oh, look what he's done 

     Your gentle hands are frozen 
     And your unkissed lips are blue 
     Your thinning clothes are hopeless 
     And no one was mad about you 

     Michael's bones 
     Were very young 
     But they were never to know 
     Oh ... 
     Impetuous fun 
     Mr. Policeman 
     I don't know where you get such notions from 

     His gentle hands are frozen 
     And his unkissed lips are blue 
     But his eyes still cry 

     And now you've turned the last bend 
     And see - are we all judged the same at the end? 
     Tell me, tell me 

     Oh, you lucky thing 
     You are too brave 
     And I'm ashamed of myself 
     As usual 

     Oh ... 





MOONRIVER 

     Moonriver 
     Wider than a mile 
     I'll be crossing you in style 
     Someday 

     Oh, Dreammaker 
     You heartbreaker 
     Wherever you're going 
     I'm going your way 

     Two drifters 
     Off to see the world 
     I'm not so sure the world 
     Deserves us 

     We're after 
     The same rainbow's end 
     How come it's just around the bend ? 
     It's always just around the bend ? 

     Moonriver 
     Wider than a mile 
     I'll be crossing you in style 
     Someday 

     Oh, Dreammaker 
     You heartbreaker 
     Wherever you're going 
     I'm going your way 

     Two drifters 
     Off to see the world 
     I'm not so sure the world 
     Deserves us 

     We're after 
     The same rainbow's end 
     It's just around the bend 
     It's just around the bend 
     It's just around the bend 
     It's just around the bend 

     Oh ! 





MY INSATIABLE ONE 

     In the high life, I've got this feeling now 
     I've got this horrible feeling 
     On the escalator, they took it out on him 
     As the ridiculous world went by 

     Oh, he's gone 
     He's my insatiable one 
     Oh, he is gone 
     He's my insatiable one 
     Oh ... 

     On the high wire, dressed in a leotard 
     There wobbles one hell of a retard 
     On the escalator, you shit paracetamol 
     As the ridiculous world goes by 

     Oh, he is gone 
     He's my insatiable one 
     Oh, he is gone 
     He's my insatiable one 
     Oh ... 

     Oh, he is gone 
     He's my insatiable one 
     Oh, he is gone 
     And he was my inflatable one 
     Oh ... 






NOBODY LOVES US 

     Nine times fined 
     Never mind 
     Things can only improve 
     We are just stood here 
     Waiting for the next great wound 

     And we just can't wait to make more mistakes 
     And to fluff our breaks, and to stuff our faces with cake 

     All in all, imagine this : 
     Nobody loves us 
     Dab-hands at trouble 
     With four days of stubble 
     We are ...
     Never loosen the grip on our hand 
     Call us home 
     Kiss our cheeks 
     Nobody loves us 
     So we ... oh ... we tend to please ourselves 

     People think all we do 
     Is lie around and think of how 
     Rich we'd be if we didn't think 
     Life could improve 

     And we just can't wait to make more mistakes 
     And we just can't wait till the whole thing blows up in our face 

     Call us home 
     Kiss our cheeks 
     Nobody loves us 
     Dab-hands at trouble 
     With four days of stubble 
     We are ... 
     So, never loosen the grip on our hand 
     Call us home 
     Make our tea 
     Nobody loves us 
     So we ... oh ... we tend to please ourselves 

     Call us home 
     Tuck us in 
     Nobody wants us 
     Dreamers and schemers 
     All pie-eyed, and bug-eyed, and cross-eyed 
     Oh, never loosen the grip on our hand 
     Whack us then 
     Hug us hard 
     Nobody loves us 
     So we ... oh ... we tend to please ourselves 

     And we just can't stress, oh, how more the mess 
     And complete distress won't make much difference to us 

     Sing us our 
     Favourite song 
     Nobody loves us 
     Born-again athiest 
     Practising troublemakers 
     Make us our 
     Favourite jam 
     Nobody loves us 
     Useless and shiftless 
     And jobless 
     But we're all yours 






NOW I AM A WAS 

     Once I was complete and 
     Safe within your heart 
     Me - with a preference for 
     Making things worse 

     So, now I am a was 
     Now I am a was 
     I started at the top 
     And I worked my way down 

     Once I was so smugly 
     Foremost in your thoughts 
     Me - with a talent for 
     Making you cry 

     So, now I am a was 
     Now I am a was 
     I started at the top 
     And I worked my way down 
     So, now I am a was 

     So, now I am a was 
     I am a was 
     So, now I am a was 
     I am a, I am a, I am a, I am a,
     I am a, I am a, I am a, I am a ...






OH WELL, I'LL NEVER LEARN 

     Looking up at the sign 
     It said: "PLEASE KEEP AWAY" 
     And so in I ran 
     You see ... 

     I'll never learn 
     Oh, I'll never learn 
     I'll never learn 

     Chapter one again 
     Here I go again 
     I found a fountain of youth 
     And I fell in 
     How could I ever win ?

     I'll never learn 

     I'll never learn 
     I'll never learn 
     Why should I mind ?
     Why should I care ?
     I'll never learn 
     I'll never learn 






PASHERNATE LOVE 

     Pashernate love 
     In any form 
     Whether real or a dream 

     Pashernate love 
     Could make your sister erupt 
     Into wild blisters and boils 

     Oh, as for me 
     It still doesn't understand me 
     It wouldn't lay one single finger on me 

     Pashernate love 
     Could make your grandmother zoom 
     Roller-skating back from the grave 

     Pashernate love 
     Could make your old daddy feel 
     Like he may have a reason to live 

     Oh, as for me 
     It still doesn't understand me 
     And it wouldn't lay one single finger on me 

     I'm always there 
     It's always elsewhere 

     Whoah, Pashernate love 
     Oh, where are you ? 
     Where are you ? 
     Where are you ? 
     Where are you ? 
     Where are you ? 
     Where are you ? 
     Where are you ? 
     Where are you ? 
     Where are you ? 
     Where are you ? 
     Where are you ? 
     Where are you ? 





PLEASE HELP THE CAUSE AGAINST LONELINESS 

     Please help the cause against loneliness 
     Would you like to note my home address ? 
     Please help the cause against loneliness 
     Would you kindly note my inside leg ? 

     Oh, I don't mind what time you come round 
     If it's the daytime then I might be in bed - oh 
     I'm so very young 
     I am so really, really young ... oh, oh 

     Please help the cause against loneliness 
     Would you like a list of my dislikes ? 
     There are people with problems
     I know this ... I've know this for years 
     There are paupers and peers 
     Who have problems, oh 

     I don't mind what time you come round 
     If it's the weekend then I have to be dead, oh 
     I'm so very young 
     I'm so really, really young ... oh, oh 
     I'm so young - really, really (yeah yeah yeah)
     I am so young 
     I am so young 
     I am so really, really young 
     I am so young 
     So young 





PREGNANT FOR THE LAST TIME 

     Phlegm lapels for the last time 
     Corn beef legs for the last time
     Oh, we're so glad 
     That you've finally decided 

     But then you see someone new 
     And you want someone new 
     So you have someone new 
     I don't blame you 
     We would all do the same as you 
     If ever we had the nerve to 

     Chips with cream for the last time 
     The People's Friend for the last time 
     Oh, we're so glad 
     That you've finally decided 

     Tiny striped socks for the last time 
     Pokes and prods for the last time 
     And the doctor said 
     "Don't nod your head until June !"

     But then you see someone new 
     And you want someone new 
     So you have someone new 
     I don't blame you 
     We would all do the same as you 
     If ever we had the chance to 

     Sick at noon for the last time 
     And who is going to clean up ?
     Would you be so kind ?
     Oh, everybody's staring 
     At the strange clothes that you're wearing 

     Bad advice for the last time 
     And people being nice for the very first time 
     Oh, we're so glad 
     That you have finally decided ! 





SKIN STORM 

     Delight 
     See our faces are both shining 
     And I've never felt so wanted 
     Than when you cling with arms and legs 

     I tremble 
     You crush my burning lips like ashes 
     With so much skin to travel over 
     While my head spins (and you knew it would) 

     And oh, what a storm ! 
     And oh, what a storm ! 

     We shelter in our skin storm 

     I feel 
     Feel your breath burn on my body 
     You touch my senses, tingling brightly 
     Slip-and-sliding into heaven 

     Love could be a wonderful emotion 
     With such a rush of pleasure motion 
     When I'm dancing on our skin 

     And oh, what a storm ! 
     And oh, what a storm ! 

     We shelter in our skin storm 

     And oh, what a storm ! 
     And oh, what a storm ! 

     We shelter in our skin storm 





STRIPTEASE WITH A DIFFERENCE

     This re-shuffled pack brings back the sickness of luck, 
     Because the ace in my hand is such a shock 
     Exchanging queen for your two while you're out of the room, 
     Have a shufty over your shoulder (well it's a shady game) 

     And I want to lose 
     Oh, please let me lose 
     Oh, please let me lose 
     It's nothing to you 
     It's nothing to you 
     I'm cutting this queen 
     (well, this six is chewed) 
     You're all un-disguised 
     (I'm stuck on shoes) 
     So, have you ever met a bad winner ? 
     "Well, how do you do..." 





SWALLOW ON MY NECK 

     Oh ... 
     I have been smashed again 
     With the men from the 
     Old Valhalla Road Crematorium 
     Boring men with the same old patter 

     I am a simple man 
     Not much to gain or lose 
     And I don't know why I held out 
     So long for me and you 

     Until he drew 
     A swallow on my neck 
     And the more, I will not say 
     He drew 
     A swallow, deep and blue 
     And soon, everyone knew 

     Then I was wrecked again 
     With the men full of bluff and ardour 
     From a well-known funeral parlour 

     I am a simple man 
     Not much to gain or lose 
     Older and wiser 
     Never applies to me 

     And so he drew 
     A swallow on my neck 
     And more, I will not say 
     He drew 
     A swallow, deep and blue 
     And soon, everyone knew 

     Aah ... 
     Oh ... 

     You have been telling me 
     That I have been 
     Acting childish 
     Foolish, ghoulish and childish 
     Oh, I know, I know, I know ! 
     I know, I know, I know 
     But I don't mind 
     I don't mind 
     I don't mind 

     Ah ... 
     I don't mind 
     Ah ...