Don't get so distressed If the good life won't arrive
You've been reading S.O.S. When it's just your clock
reading 5:05 And why are you so possessed By the thought that
she got free And why are you figuring who's the best When
just your luck ran out and she chose me We do not lie side by
side and mock the thought of you And I don't take her hand
and ask Is this what he used to do? 'Cos I just want to
free her from Your jails of jealous dreams 'Cos at least a
house when it's empty Stays clean I won't pretend That
I was simply swayed It was a two way thing not a Three day fling
No secrets kept, no truth betrayed And here's the house
that held The nightmare that went on And you're sitting
there wishing you'd never been born With that
self-inflicted crown of thorns We do not lie side by side and
mock the thought of you And I don't take her hand and ask
Is this what he used to do? 'Cos I just want to free her
from Your jails of jealous dreams 'Cos at least a house
when it's empty Stays clean I won't pretend That
I'm the saviour of the innocent and bad But put two
withered old blooms in a couple of rooms And they'll behave
like lunatics and crave what makes them sad So here's a card
that says Happy twenty-second birthday and I wish you were dead
And here's a house that held a bevy of devils and an angel
as well And you want what I've got When all I've got
is guilt And a room that won't stay still Filled with
pockets full of crumpled up money and a mantelpiece littered
with bills 'Cos at least a house when it's empty Stays
clean