Beautiful South - From Under The Covers Lyrics
(heaton/rotheray)Its 6.00am and even big benIs trying to get his head down for a kipBut no sooner is it downAnd then its on with dressing gownFor this city very rarely loses gripBut I have a friend whos never up by 10.00Hes fast asleep with mouth open wideHes lost a lot of jobs, but hes won a lot of friendsAnd he says to me, he cannot tell the timeIts 7.00am and were coughing up the phlegmSpitting out the taste of night beforeAnd well vomit and well chokeJust to climb their tatty ropeWell this city has its charm, and its clawAnd hell blame his clockOr hell say hes lost his socksAnd theyll tell you that hes been bitten by a snakeHis excuses are an artFrom the bottom of his heartAnd he thinks of them whenever he awakesIts 8.00am were on the road againRacing for a placing at the topAnd it says green for goFor the people in the knowBut for the others all it says is red for stopIts cold and its dampAnd theyve dug him a graveAnd the 10.15 merchants still in bedAnd scrawled upon the headboardFor the whole wide world to seeDied in the arms of big ted