John Wesley Harding - You And Your Career Lyrics
You know those feelings I'm talking aboutYou're walking down the roadA car indicates right and then turns leftYou didn't get the codeIt's a world of signs we're living inA mirror and that's a factIf you don't reflect what they provideThey're likely to reactWas another wind-swept WednesdayIn the schoolyard of the heartYour knuckles got wrapped for this beforeYou had to learn your partI'm at your window looking inSeems my valentine has diedWe came out in 1983Now you've gone back insideYou've gone back insideA snapshot of a wicked worldIt's flowing down the sinkBut there is no point in watching it goNo time to sit and thinkThe world's revolving fasterBut the train's still going slowSo much cackle, no more laughterDon't trust anyone you don't knowYour mother's irresponsibleYour father's on the boozeIt just happened to turn out that wayThey could not really chooseNow you've got big alternativesBut it's only one or naughtDon't try to look between those placesIf you do then don't get caughtDon't get caught cos that could ruin your careerYou're looking for a part-time jobYou're picking up the perksAnd all you do is lick the floorAnd jerk off all the jerksI don't know if you've noticedI'm tired of being understoodBut at least these words rhyme with the worldIn a sense you knew they wouldSometimes I am a politicianOther times I'm just a kingBut I always do the things I wantLike let my payphone ringOf course I have no moneyNaturally, I have no friendsOf course I
