The Mess (Live at Wapping Wall, London 1986)

This is the Mess
Saturday night smashed out of my brains
Laying on the floor looking really intelligent
Oh what's news I hear you say
All of my dreams have gone down the drain
It just goes to show I weren't paying attention
Things just worsened day by day, in every way

Chorus:
Oh, oh look at me
I'm as hip as I can be
I'm wasted, just look at the mess I am in

Spent half of the night walking the streets
Looking for a party that never existed
Every week is just the same
Well, we talked about sex but never of love
We bragged about girls with which we'd had fun
Oh but the thing that's really sad
We never had

Chorus:
Oh, oh look at me
I'm as hip as I can be
I'm wasted, just look at the mess I am in

I was brilliant at school but not in exams
My teachers, they could not understand
How five years work went to the wall
And then I got into trouble 'cos I got in the way
When things went wrong, well I got the blame
I was Idle through no fault of my own, none of my own

Chorus:
Oh, oh look at me
I'm as hip as I can be
I'm wasted, just look at the mess I am in

Down there, they are laughing at you
Down there, it is you who's gonna get screwed
Down there, they will walk all over you
Down there, down there, down there

(Copyright DREWETT 1983 - Universal Publishing)