Pauper - The Monochrome Set

Calling you in L.A.

I think I’ve found a new career today

I’m a pauper

At 6 o’clock I am up

I put a used tea cup into my cup

And cold water

I’m busy doing nothing 'cos there’s nothing else to do And when I finished doing it I’ll call you

I put on my holey blue jeans

I toast my bread and warm my No Frills beans

In the sunshine

I walk around in the park

I read a big thick book until it’s dark

And I feel fine

I’m busy doing nothing 'cos there’s nothing else to do And when I finished doing it I’ll call you

Hey, can you spare one hundred and fifty pounds

For an expensive album

Hey, can you lend me your cigarettes, house and car

For a few decades of fun

Calling up from below

Can you feel my black nails scratch the soles

Of your feet

I’ve made some room for you now

Cos I know one day you will fall down

And join me

I’m busy doing nothing 'cos there’s nothing else to do And when I finished doing it I’ll call you

Hey, can you spare one hundred and fifty pounds

For an expensive album

Hey, can you lend me your cigarettes, house and car

For a few decades of fun