Sign of the Times

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Post no bills, ill with chills The pills, the cigarettes No, I won't kill I will not defend a bloody rag And where did all the friendships go? Lost them all to suffragettes And where did all the venues go? Lost them all to businessmen [Pre-Chorus] And we all know We're a sign of the times [Chorus] But I wish I'd been a little more exceptional And I wish I'd been a little unconventional But I was not enough, no, I'm not enough No, I'm not enough, I was never enough No, I'm not enough, no, I'm not enough No, I'm not enough, I was never enough [Spoken Interlude: Narrator & Sparky] "But by the next day everybody from miles around had heard about Sparky and the kids back home no longer laughed at him. In fact, they all wanted to be his friend because he was so famous." "I can play anything, anything at all and with no music. All right, I'm sitting on a piano stool, and my hands are on the keys. What do I do now?" [Verse 2] And Simon says Everyone wants to know what's coming next Feel like a kid underwater Trying to hold my breath And every day's another war Another life I could have lived In every way, I wanted more I wanted more than Laura did [Pre-Chorus] But we still know She's a sign of the times [Chorus] But I wish I'd been a little more exceptional And I wish I'd been a little unconventional But I was not enough, no, I'm not enough No, I'm not enough, I was never enough No, I'm not enough, no, I'm not enough No, I'm not enough, I was never enough