Atkin-James I used to be a permanent emcee The spinning central figure of the fun The heavy action took its cue from me Who else could make things run? For I threw parties once upon a time That started out with everybody tight And ended only just this side of crime So wasn't that my right?
I had the leisure problem taped With my huge capacity for absorbing pleasure Time wasn't k**ed so much as raped I had its measure And the shindig kept a rhythm night to night With people turning up and turning on They used to call it strictly out of sight So where have they all gone?