Obscurity Knocks

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Always at the foot of the photograph That's me there, snug as a thug In a mugshot pose, a foul-mouthed rogue Owner of this corner and not much more [Pre-Chorus] Still these days I'm better placed To get my just rewards I'll pound out a tune and very soon I'll have too much to say and a dead stupid name [Chorus] And though I ought to be learning, I feel like a veteran Of "Oh, I like your poetry, but I hate your poems" Calendars crumble, I'm knee-deep in numbers I've turned twenty-one, I've twist, I'm bust, I'm wrong again [Verse 2] Rubbing shoulders with the sheets till two Looking at my watch and I'm half-past caring In the lap of luxury it comes to mind Is this headboard hard? Am I a lap behind? [Pre-Chorus] But to face doom in a sock-stenched room All by myself Is the kind of fate I never contemplate Lots of people would cry, though none spring to mind [Chorus] And though I ought to be learning, I feel like a veteran Of "Oh, I like your poetry, but I hate your poems" Calendars crumble, I'm knee-deep in numbers I've turned twenty-one, I've twist, I'm bust, I'm wrong again [Post-Chorus] Know what it's like To sigh at the sight Of the first quarter of life? Ever stopped to think and found out Nothing was there? [Verse 3] They laugh to see such fun I'm playing blind man's bluff all by myself (All by myself) And they're chanting a line from a nursery rhyme, saying "Ba ba bleary eyes, have you any idea?" [Chorus] Years of learning, I must be a veteran Of "Oh, I like your poetry, but I hate your poems" And the calendar's cluttered with days that are numbered I've turned twenty-one, I've twist, I'm bust, I'm wrong again [Outro] (Ought to be learning) Twist, I'm bust, I'm wrong again (Feel like a veteran) Twist, I'm bust, I'm wrong again (Calendar's cluttered) With (Days that are numbered) Ooh, and I Know what it's like to sigh at the sight Of the first quarter of life I know what it's like