Capo 5

Intro:    


            
Despair to the

              
 point till th

  
ey provoke
            
The punchline 

              
before they ha

             
ve told the jo

ke
            
The sheer desp

              
eration to be 

  
seen
            
Staring at the

             
 television sc

reen

            
Despair to the

              
 point where t

        
hey provoke
              
You to tell th

            
e fucking punc

              
hline before y

              
ou have told t

     
he joke
            
Sorry sunshine

             
 it doesn't ex

ist
            
It wasn't in t

             
he top 100 lis

t

              
And it's the t

             
housandth time

           
 and it's even

 bolder,

Don't be surpr

ised when you 

get bent over,
            
He told ya, th

              
at you were ga

             
gging for it

            
She saw it and

              
 she grabbed i

           
t and it wasn'

t what it seem

ed
            
The kids all d

              
ream of making

      
 it, whatever 

that means
            
Another variat

            
ion on a theme
              
A tangle on th

            
e television a

            
nd the magazin

e
            
D'you reckon t

              
hat they do it

        
 for a joke?
            
D'you reckon t

              
hat they make 

             
'em take an oa

th?
              
That says "we 

      
are defenders
            
Of any poseur 

            
or professiona

              
l pretender ar

ound"

              
When did your 

             
list replace t

    
he twist and t

urn?
        
Ah the fist, r

eplaced the ki

ssed-on concer

n
             
And if you're 

              
bothered, I do

              
n't want your 

 
prayers

Save it for the morning after


Solo: 


             
And it's the t

              
housandth time

          
 and it's even

 bolder,

Don't be surpr

ised when you 

get bent over,
            
He told ya, th

              
at you were ga

            
gging for it

             
Lets have a ga

          
me on the Tedd

y Picker

Not quick enou

gh can I have 

it quicker?
            
Already thick 

              
and you're get

            
ting thicker

Lets have a ga

me on the Tedd

y Picker

Not quick enou

gh can I have 

it quicker?
            
Already thick 

              
and you're get

            
ting thicker
            
Asuming that a

ll things are 

equal,
            
Who'd want to 

              
be men of the 

      
people
             
When there's p

              
eople like you

 
?