20% amnesia
Singer: 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"