[Verse]
             
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]
            

[Verse]
             
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

       
?