Oh small figurine, sittin’ skinny inbetween
Gave your time and they bent your back
Left you with a crowning cap
Face of folded skin, antique hands, oriental grin
Clothe, feed, child and wife
Time honoured time and the pain of life
Oh, underground
Close my eyes and I feel the sound
Oh, underground
Drowning in the crowd of the lost and found
Old man his day secure, one rubber band, the news and the world
Time crossed granite face
Nylon mack sittin’ neat in place
Hardened hands, another day, hard earned pension on its way
Rule Brittania dream
Longin’ for the glory days he’s seen
Oh, underground
Close my eyes and I feel the sound
Oh, underground
Drowning in the crowd of the lost and found
And next dressed to the nine, camel coat hush puppy shine
Heavy gold and a heavy sweat
Wipes again his drippin’ head
Heather girls spinning round, breezin’ through their own fairground
Knotted hair, woolly arms
Sellin’ them flowers and good luck charms
Oh, underground
Close my eyes and I feel the sound
Oh, underground
Drowning in the crowd of the lost and found
Ohma diddlely-diddlely ohma way now
Ohma diddlely-diddlely ohma way now
UK c.1987
D-C-G or A-G-D
Tuesday, January 27, 1987
Tuesday, October 22, 1985
It Could Be Worse
Come here m’lad, I’ve got something to say
Me and yer ma, well she’s going away
She’s got a new lover, her name is Jill
At least that way she don’t need no pill
And while I’m about it, I’m gonna come clean
Late nights at the office, I was with yer Aunt Jean
But remember one thing, when things seem bad....
It could be worse
It could be worse
An’ there’s yer sister, just crazy like that...
Her real dad was yer mum’s tick-tack
Yer brother’s a graduate of borstal and crime
Football ‘n’ banks, he’s now doin’ time
Drinking and gambling have left me with debt
The house gotta go, an’ life’s like that
But remember one thing, when things go bad
It could be worse (backing vocal: cos love’s supreme)
It could be worse (backing vocal: cos love’s supreme)
Whatever you do don’t worry don’t fret
Life’s jus’ a game, you give an’ you get
Don’t get blue, don’t get sad
Blue an’ sad can send you mad
You gotta get along, whatever might come
It’s OK to cry, hold yer head up high
And remember one thing, when things go bad
It could be worse (backing vocal: cos love’s supreme)
It could be worse (backing vocal: cos love’s supreme)
Conceived 1985
For Barbara as of 22 Oct 2013!
Me and yer ma, well she’s going away
She’s got a new lover, her name is Jill
At least that way she don’t need no pill
And while I’m about it, I’m gonna come clean
Late nights at the office, I was with yer Aunt Jean
But remember one thing, when things seem bad....
It could be worse
It could be worse
An’ there’s yer sister, just crazy like that...
Her real dad was yer mum’s tick-tack
Yer brother’s a graduate of borstal and crime
Football ‘n’ banks, he’s now doin’ time
Drinking and gambling have left me with debt
The house gotta go, an’ life’s like that
But remember one thing, when things go bad
It could be worse (backing vocal: cos love’s supreme)
It could be worse (backing vocal: cos love’s supreme)
Whatever you do don’t worry don’t fret
Life’s jus’ a game, you give an’ you get
Don’t get blue, don’t get sad
Blue an’ sad can send you mad
You gotta get along, whatever might come
It’s OK to cry, hold yer head up high
And remember one thing, when things go bad
It could be worse (backing vocal: cos love’s supreme)
It could be worse (backing vocal: cos love’s supreme)
Conceived 1985
For Barbara as of 22 Oct 2013!
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