Shoulder Pads 1

Lyrics

[Intro] All these fads It's shoulder pads [Verse 1] On New Year's Dawn, to my surprise All the McCullochs stayed at home Picking antiques and clothes-es Cosy flecked with green bits Main undercurrent, white spermatoze [Bridge 1] My powers against them, half useless My senses allied half party [Verse 2] Was embarrassed, but stuck with them Walked at shoulder, down the street, ridicule They couldn't tell Lou Reed from Doug Yule Suppressed hate ferments It was like being back at school [Bridge 2] My powers before them resound My powers languish in time, doom [Verse 3] Went populist, internal defeat Their mob had a coup d'etat Realize what they'd always wanted Knew I was right all along It wasn't then a Beatles song Superhero in harlequin kecks Dimwit lecture, half read Kissing black singers ten years dead [Outro] Was a clown in victim hat Was shouldered and spurned Then my powers did return