| Slouch Short Back And Sides The scourge of any train ride is the rodent-like stench from the phoney street sleeper on the shrapnel hunt In the carrage he tries to catch your glance "have you got 10p for a cup of tea?" Stare at my refelction in the window as the buildings blur by, invisible to me Got to save my dough for morish pleasant hot air that sails right over my head Routine short back and sides has the power to mentally paralyse With a haircut like Joey Ramone you can really, really lower the tone Let's strutt about all middle class, look all 90's BBC sitcom cast Before the dawn of realisation hits you're in Mr Snips with your holiday pics Proud, just an ordinary bloke, lager man and the Mrs has shorts with her kareoke Polish right through those shoes, detests the vagrants spits, just useless junky winos Look at him wrong and he'll fight you and probably lose In the local casualty department bloodied, half conscious, adamently swear by a Routine short back and sides, father used to tan our hides Routine short back and sides, two weeks before the real you returns Routine short back and sides with it's power will mentally paralyse With a haircut like Joey Ramone you can really, really lower the tone Assault charges to go, toe to toe, I know they'll see reason, smart hair Sitting in that squeaky chair, little boys haircut, little boy staring back at me Where's my father, my mentor, my guidance, here's the duty solicitor Schoolboy flashbacks, snorkle coat fear, entrapment, lash out Routine short back and sides then off to the park for the rides Son with a haircut like Joey Ramone you know you really, really lower the tone Get a routine short back and sides, strapped in, routine short back and sides Fall off the slide, graze your knees, bawl your eyes Routine short back and sides, father used to tan our hides Routine short back and sides fall down and bawl out your eyes Now in Mr Snips with your holiday pics and can't get to grips with those disposable bics Routine short back and sides you are mentally paralysed MtM 1995 |
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