pony street

she lives on pony street

and they should scatter flowers at her feet

but when they come calling i think it's appalling

they're sober and they're polite

they're deeply respectful when i would expect them

to keep her out all night

that little martinet

will get her own way yet

if you need instruction in mindless destruction

i'll show you a thing or two

you used to adore me but now my life flashes before me

for you to view

oh mother

oh mother

sometimes you are so mortifying

from the hole in your leopard skin tights i can tell you've been spying

but your generation confesses before it transgresses

those super-8 movies of daddy in your disco dresses

if you're going out tonight

i won't wait up

reading das kapital"