The Plan - Richard Hell & The Voidoids

I withdrew from the street and all humanlike zones

I’d had it, I’d had it — I was mush to the bones

I covered the windows, I was taking no calls

Then I thought for a month inside the alien walls

Now I know oh

They don’t tell you so

Now I know, oh

They don’t tell you so

Now I know.

Oh

They don’t tell you so

But I can recall it all

I called up a girl I’d known for so many years

I’d seen her in shock, I’d seen the last of her tears

I admired her style from her toes to her brain —

She accepted my plan and so she caught the next train

Now I know oh

They don’t tell you so

Now I know, oh

They don’t tell you so

Now I know.

Oh

They don’t tell you so

But I can recall it all

We would secretly smile inside our surgical masks

But we were serious too — we accomplished our ask

The schedule was followed, a daughter was born

And so the mother departed — I was left with her form

Now I know oh

They don’t tell you so

Now I know, oh

They don’t tell you so

Now I know.

Oh

They don’t tell you so

But I can recall it all

Her education’s begun — I’m intent on success

Her breathtaking beauty it brings out my best

I once knew true love — she won’t know another

Life is renewed, my little girl is my lover

Now I know oh

They don’t tell you so

Now I know, oh

They don’t tell you so

Now I know.

Oh

They don’t tell you so

But I can recall it all