20% amnesia

costello, elvis

what is your destiny? the policewoman said

the word that she wanted was destination i'm afraid

this is your future boy

this is your fate

and you're obsolete and they can't afford to educate you

in his bedtime boot boy jersey

ringing up some fantasy tart

give me strength or give me mercy

life intimidates art

give me strength or give me mercy

don't let me lose heart

from rage to anaesthesia

twenty percent amnesia

were you passed out on the sofa

while justice was bartered by a drunken oaf?

this is all your glorious country thinks of your life

stripped jack naked with a stanley knife

so the german queen went home again

but she couldn't find forgiveness

they made a fist of her hand of friendship

but it's only business

the wine you drink has never seen a grape

and now your sci-fi suit has lost its shape

but its a dangerous game that comedy plays

sometimes it tells you the truth

sometimes it delays it

think back

think back if you still can

when the trumpet sounded and the world began

somebody said we must have won"