Bust my back on the Levy broke my strings on the BBC Found my chops on Eel Pie Island paid my dues at the Marquee Slagged off by the N.M.E. lost my stash and my virginity In this Cockamamie Business Got my face on Ed Sullivan broke my heart on the Soul Train Introduced to Bad Company lost cells down at Brain Drain And before I could mend lost the missus, missed the girlfriend In this Cockamamie Business Now we like to air condition though the air has no ozone ring Still they're chopping down the forest for McDonalds and the Burger King Eating cows with such persistence doesn't offer much resistance To this Cockamamie Business There are too many things stressing out the nervous system Girls you used to know fellas that may have kissed'em Some got rabies some got fleas some got incurable diseases From this Cockamamie Business Everybody's after as many points as they can get As long as it's not them that has to pay No one really minds the Debt 5-Star actors, tax inspectors, film producers and directors With their Cockamamie Business Well you do what you can you can't do much more than that (No you can't do what he just said) Some days you're pretty sharp on other days you feel half dead (While you make your daily bread) Didn't want to be a star wanted just to play guitar In this Cockamamie Business
[00:17.98]Bust my back on the Levy broke my strings on the BBC [00:27.22]Found my chops on Eel Pie Island paid my dues at the Marquee [00:35.79]Slagged off by the N.M.E. lost my stash and my virginity [00:40.22]In this Cockamamie Business [00:53.71]Got my face on Ed Sullivan broke my heart on the Soul Train [01:02.28]Introduced to Bad Company lost cells down at Brain Drain [01:10.95]And before I could mend lost the missus, missed the girlfriend [01:15.64]In this Cockamamie Business [01:37.40]Now we like to air condition though the air has no ozone ring [01:46.52]Still they're chopping down the forest for McDonalds and the Burger King [01:55.24]Eating cows with such persistence doesn't offer much resistance [01:59.62]To this Cockamamie Business [02:21.67]There are too many things stressing out the nervous system [02:30.73]Girls you used to know fellas that may have kissed'em [02:38.87]Some got rabies some got fleas some got incurable diseases [02:43.69]From this Cockamamie Business [03:05.78]Everybody's after as many points as they can get [03:14.89]As long as it's not them that has to pay [03:18.54]No one really minds the Debt [03:23.47]5-Star actors, tax inspectors, film producers and directors [03:27.96]With their Cockamamie Business [03:51.00]Well you do what you can you can't do much more than that [03:56.53](No you can't do what he just said) [04:00.32]Some days you're pretty sharp on other days you feel half dead [04:05.40](While you make your daily bread) [04:08.66]Didn't want to be a star wanted just to play guitar [04:12.32]In this Cockamamie Business
