DESCRIPTION:
Distressed Gentlefolk (1986)


he walks like a prefect
I bet all his clothes were made in Thailand
don't like the look of him at all

I'm on this train again
sick and tired of these dumb procedures
don't like his watch, don't want to know him

and I ain't gonna wash
and I ain't gonna dream
and I ain't gonna talk
and I ain't gonna scheme
and I ain't going to do a single thing
gonna be the man who sat down

and I ain't gonna wash
and I ain't gonna shower
just sit here waiting for terminal hour
and I ain't going to do a single thing
gonna be the man who sat down

he's got a notebook
there's snow on the ground
and there's bacon in my lunch
they always say that trouble comes in threes

and my friends say that I sulk 'coz I'm a drunk
and I know all these passengers agree

but I don't want the sea
and I don't want the beach
and everything I do what is out of reach
and I ain't gonna do a single thing
gonna be the man who sat down

and I ain't gonna laugh
and I ain't gonna play
I wish I could be a thousand miles away
and the words are all my business
gonna be the man who sat down

I dreamed I saw my neighbours jumping from a thirteen story window
but in the station there they were
the disappointment turns me 'round, of course,
but I can live with all those things
the train can do the moving
I'm not gonna stir

and I ain't gonna wash
and I ain't gonna dream
and I ain't gonna jump
and I ain't gonna scream
and I ain't gonna move again
gonna be the man who sat down

and I ain't gonna read
and I ain't gonna smoke
and I refuse point-blank to understand your jokes
so I ain't gonna move again
I've seen the writing on the engine and it says:

the name of this train is the Nothing Special
the name of this train is the Nothing Special
the name of this train is the Nothing Special
that's all it says
the name of this train is the Nothing Special
It's just an ordinary train

a very ordinary train
just like all the others, just a very ordinary train