Stuck chasing payslips Always on the dayshift Tired from cooking up Brunswick stew But there's people who chase this Half the day is aimless Tired of thinking up what to do Then there's folk who got some Still not enough but they got some Kind of figure that'd do for you You'd waste a life for an empire Loving wife lost in the crossfire And all they want is an honest I do They think you're so cool ye How you bend all the rules ye And they hate all your songs ye But they still sing along ye Some found a wife and kept her With kids in uni lectures A cat, a dog and a tv bigger than vue Never put a foot wrong What's the line in the bowie song About doing nothing good, bad or out of the blue But the narrow n straight one Good old stirred not shaken Begs the thought of what there'd be to do If you weren't strapped to the wagon Some are chasing the dragon That they'll never catch how they long to be you Ye they think you're so cool ye How you stick to the rules And they hate all your songs But they still sing along ye It comes with ease ye So hard to please ye So used to your means ye You're living someone else's dream