A Day In the Life

Lyrics

[Verse 1] I wake in the dark and I don't complain (Hear now, listen all who can) I ride to the city on a South West train (A day in the life of a modern man) The beggars and the bankers, all the buggers I see (Hear now, listen all who can) I don't trust them and they don't trust me (A day in the life of a modern man) [Chorus] Father (Father) Mother (Mother) Sister (Sister) Brother (Brother) I've been this way since I began (A day in the life of a modern man, a day in the life of a modern man) [Verse 2] Stare all day at a monitor screen (Hear now, listen all who can) With a Slim-Fast shake in the old canteen (A day in the life of a modern man) Half past five, "will you have a few beers? (Hear now, listen all who can) "Just a pint of diet coke and I'm off back, cheers" (A day in the life of a modern man) [Chorus] Father (Father) Mother (Mother) Sister (Sister) Brother (Brother) No song I can sing truer than (A day in the life of a modern man, a day in the life of a modern man) [Verse 3] Go home in the dark and I eat my tea (Hey, hear now, listen all who can) Just the wife and me and the BBC (A day in the life of a modern man) I might see a film with a couple of the boys (Hear now, listen all who can) Or gather up the band for to make some noise (A day in the life of a modern man) [Chorus] Father (Father) Mother (Mother) Sister (Sister) Brother (Brother) From New Orleans to old Japan (A day in the life of a modern man, a day in the life of a modern man) [Verse 4] The birds all sing as I rest my head With a good sweet girl lying in my bed (A day in the life of a modern man) I might have troubles and I might give a damn (Hey, hear now, listen all who can) But I don't forget how lucky I am (A day in the life of a modern man) [Chorus] Oh father (Father) Mother (Mother) Sister (Sister) Brother (Brother) From dawn nightfall, thus it ran A day in the life of a modern man Oh, yes Father (Father) Mother (Mother) Sister (Sister) Brother (Brother) For Angus, Harold, and for Dan (A day in the life of a modern man, a day in the life of a modern man)