the same long faces in the workman's hall caramel crisp counts his birds cliff chip's lines up his dominoes kingfisher lead singer calms his nerves I'm drinking sinking swimming drowning working smirking learning burning sleeping thieving cheating beating I'm eating I'm deep in a goldfish bowl It's sink or swim the hall down town just burns to the ground my boxing ring turned to ash red head ginger bread sells tickets at the door stella sleep walks in the sand
I'm drinking sinking swimming drowning working smirking learning burning sleeping thieving cheating beating I'm eating I'm deep in a goldfish bowl It's sink or swim they're looking in hard up outta luck time to ride the village bike a bike been used ten times or more grape vine here's the wife lays down her royal flush I think I've lost another wife