Red Is a Mean, Mean Colour

He can remember hearing words of wonder

"failure is on the inside"

So often does he wonder

How hard it is without a guide

This manipulator of crazes

He can win any race that you name

Like a disease he comes in stages

And affects everybody the same

Chorus: he's just a body, a beat-up body

He gets his kicks on a fatal crash

And he carries a sign that screams

"red is a mean, mean colour !"

He keeps his money under his mattress

And his conscience in his pocket

He heart runs on batteries

He has two eyes to each socket

Now here's a thing, a very silly thing

He say's it's easy easy to make a million

Yeah, here's a thing, avery silly thing

He say's you steal from a broken brazilian

Chorus: he's just a body, a beat-up body

He gets his kicks on a fatal crash

And he carries a sign that screams

"red is a mean, mean colour !"

Life's a game of colours and shades

Llife's an ugly hue

Life's a pageant that we paint.

Can you remember being south of brighton

Head full of floating memories

Swimming to the grey horizon

Trying to escape the enemy

Who can quote from a thousand young poets

And with a flag on his backhe can shine

Who has a dream but can never show it

Who is drunk from the mad man's wine

Chorus: he's just a body, a beat-up body

He gets his kicks on a fatal crash

And he carries a sign that screams

"red is a mean, mean colour !"