Same long faces in the workman's hall Caramel Crisp counts his birds Cliff chips lines up his dominoes Kingfisher lead singer calms his nerves I'm drinking, sinking, swimming I'm drowning, working, smirking, learning I'm burning, sleeping, thieving, cheating Beating, I'm eating, I'm deep in a goldfish bowl It's sink or swim The hall down town just burnt to the ground My boxin' ring turned to ash Redhead, gingerbread, sells tickets at the door Stella sleepwalks in the sand I'm drinking, sinking, swimming I'm drowning, working, smirking, learning I'm burning, sleeping, thieving, cheating Beating, I'm eating, I'm deep in a goldfish bowl It's sink or swim Looking in, they're looking in Hard up, outta luck, time to ride the village bike A bike been used ten times or more Grapevine, here's the wife, lays down her royal flush I think I've lost another wife I'm drinking, sinking, swimming I'm drowning, working, smirking, learning I'm burning, sleeping, thieving, cheating Beating, I'm eating, I'm deep in a goldfish bowl It's sink or swim They're lookin' in, it's sink or swim
Same long faces in the workman's hall Caramel Crisp counts his birds Cliff chips lines up his dominoes Kingfisher lead singer calms his nerves I'm drinking, sinking, swimming I'm drowning, working, smirking, learning I'm burning, sleeping, thieving, cheating Beating, I'm eating, I'm deep in a goldfish bowl It's sink or swim The hall down town just burnt to the ground My boxin' ring turned to ash Redhead, gingerbread, sells tickets at the door Stella sleepwalks in the sand I'm drinking, sinking, swimming I'm drowning, working, smirking, learning I'm burning, sleeping, thieving, cheating Beating, I'm eating, I'm deep in a goldfish bowl It's sink or swim Looking in, they're looking in Hard up, outta luck, time to ride the village bike A bike been used ten times or more Grapevine, here's the wife, lays down her royal flush I think I've lost another wife I'm drinking, sinking, swimming I'm drowning, working, smirking, learning I'm burning, sleeping, thieving, cheating Beating, I'm eating, I'm deep in a goldfish bowl It's sink or swim They're lookin' in, it's sink or swim
