Bad News

Bad News

The milkman ran over my cat...

And a stalker sent me more hate mail..

What else could send me into despair.....

Or leave my life a tattered mess......?

Hurricanes ripping up the coast....

And mouldy jam to spread on my toast...

I ran the car out of fuel again.....

And missed the bus.....I'm late...

Chorus

But do I let it get me down.....

Or walk about scarred by a frown....?

No...not me......not now......somehow...

Though I could use a crafty fag....

Get smashed on crack and booze...

And go down in a blurry......haze....

My boss didn't like my joke...copier broke..

And now I'm searching for a new job....

My girlfriends brought me colour blue...

How can I be a dad right now.....?

I stand in line for the benefits gang.....

Who cannot give a toss......statistics....

Compute my hope is nearing ...nil...

The doctorates going up in smoke....

Chorus

But do I let it get me down.....

Or walk about scarred by a frown....?

No...not me......not now......somehow...

Though I could use a crafty fag....

Get smashed on crack and booze...

And go down in a blurry......haze....

(Melody building tempo)

The razor cuts a bleeding man....

The rent is due.....I'm almost done...

And for my sins.....of being plagued.....

The showers cold...no gas again....

Rhyme and reason have no sway....

I rip my trousers on the garden gate...

But there's no time to go and change...

I'm poor and cold and got no mates....

Chorus

But do I let it get me down.....

Or walk about scarred by a frown....?

No...not me......not now......somehow...

Though I could use a crafty fag....

Get smashed on crack and booze...

And go down in a blurry......haze....

Why is there nothing to cheer....?

I hear the news it's getting worse..

My bank has folded...under pressure..

From foreign debts....and now I'm broke..

The prices at Tesco's going sky high...

And it's only fruit … I want to buy...

What luck I say...to feel the pinch...

My life's in ruins..where am I going now......?

Chorus

But do I let it get me down.....

Or walk about scarred by a frown....?

No...not me......not now......somehow...

Though I could use a crafty fag....

Get smashed on crack and booze...

And go down in a blurry......haze....

(lull)

Super news....always hope....

See my struggle...this life...

Bad news won't get me down.....!!

Chorus

But do I let it get me down.....

Or walk about scarred by a frown....?

No...not me......not now......somehow...

Though I could use a crafty fag....

Get smashed on crack and booze...

And go down in a blurry......haze....

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P.W.