Lip Reading

Spare me the psycho babble the mental rub-down

For the third time today I put his record on

I caught this ailment on the rebound

I'm looking for another one

Just listen to the DJ and follow the instructions

Yeah, you're all so passive you drive me to destruction

'Cause you're melting yourselves down into the cogs of mass production

And you're lip reading, you're lip reading

You've gotta see the designer souls in action

Flagging each disaster so you know where they've been

And I may be a sucker but I don't see the attraction

'Cause your name is mud round here if you don't come clean

Now the bed-sits and graffiti squats are up for rent

And the rebels here today are just tomorrows accidents

And you've been walking white lines but you're so hell bent

'Cause you're lip reading, you're lip reading

You're not listening its more than you can manage

Trusting the soul transmission, trusting the body language

In the distance someone plays a music hall classic

And the small time pushers predicting snow again

Someone tells the songwriter to quit the theatrics

I expect revolution before I count to ten

So stand in line behind the Miss World failures

Behind the leading voices and behind the drunken sailors

Put our hands together, pray for these drowning men to save us

But they're lip reading, they're lip reading

Just pick up your bible of practical achievement

Step one is how to catch him and step two is how to keep him

Those halfwits have to check their pulse and make sure they are breathing

'Cause they're lip reading, they're lip reading

Lip reading, they're lip reading