The Ticket Puncher

Lyrics

I'm the ticket puncher at Lilas To whom the passengers pay no regard There's no sunshine in this Metro station A strange vacation To kill the boredom in my vest I've extracts from Readers Digest And this book says to me That life is just a ball in Miami And all the while I'm working like a slave Down in this cave They say work's better than the dole But all day long I just make holes I punch holes, little holes, then more little holes Little holеs, little holes, always little holеs I make second-class holes And punch first-class holes I punch holes, little holes, then more little holes Little holes, little holes, always little holes Little holes, little holes Little holes, little holes I'm the ticket puncher at Lilas For Invalides you change at Opera I live down in the bowels of this here planet I have in my head A carnival of confetti It even gets between my sheets Under this white tile sky The only things that shine are exit signs At times I dream I go into a daze And in the haze The railway platform is a quay A boat is coming to get me From this hole, little hole, where I make little holes x2 But the boat is sailing My day-dream's always failing And I stay in this hole punching little holes Little holes, little holes, always little holes Little holes, little holes Little holes, little holes I'm the ticket puncher at Lilas Arts-et-Metiers direct by Levallois I've had enough I've had it with this bullshit Down in this cesspit I'd like to be on the trapeze Leave my cap and cloak room keys The day will come I'm sure When I will get away to something more I'll take a car a plane a train a yacht No matter what But if the time I have is cursed I'll have to leave this place feet first I punch holes, little holes, then more little holes Little holes, little holes, always little holes I think I will trifle With a great big rifle And make a hole, a little hole, one last little hole And make a hole, a little hole, one last little hole And then they'll put me in a hole Where I will hear no more of holes Never again of little holes Of little holes, of little holes, of little holes