Careering

I don't know, can't you see

I'm just passing through, fast as you -

Don't ask me.

Careering out of control

Disappearing down the black hole,

Careering - the white man's soul

Stands stark naked in the floodlight glare,

Stands stark raving on the strap.

I've had the feeling that I've been there

But I can't quite believe it.

I don't know, can't you see

I'm just passing through, fast as you

So don't ask me.

Careering, simply day to day,

Engineering everything I say,

Careering for the work and the pay.

I'm just a passenger passing through,

I'm just an average chap.

(We are normal.)

If I said I hadn't got a clue

There'd still come the questions.

I don't know, can't you see

I'm just another case of wasted space

So don't ask me.

Careering, my apprenticeship

No nearer than my pension slip;

Careering down the Cresta Run,

I screw it up just like anyone;

Careering - pointless anyway

To do it just for the work and the pay.

Look here:

I don't know, can't you see

I'm so near the end, get it straight, friend -

Don't ask me,

Don't ask me,

Don't ask me.