Hey! Susan

Lyrics

Intro: In a backstreet in New York The rehearsal studio of the Mekons [Verse 1] He thought education would be the way out He'd read the books and learned by rote But they walked past in their gowns They were worlds apart A man like him just had no place [Verse 2] He started drinking too much And one night in the pub he saw his wife behind the bar They arranged a divorce but spent the night together So he destroyed the one he loved [Verse 3] Susan turned to religion, Amen! After the tragedy, the death of her children And returned to her husband and gave her body to him She said it was her duty [Verse 4] His mind was free but he'd nothing left at all He cursed the night in which he was conceived While the witless upper classes attended the boat race He died