ROY

Bad luck, bad times

It's telling him how to fight

And he saw the sixties and he watched them die

And he knows there's not much wrong, but there's even less right

And still he's dreaming of where the water is sweet

And the cops don't know his name

And there's not a click on the telephone line

And the nights don't need cocaine

It's hard to smile when you're worked to the bare

And your woman's run off with someone new

But he manages one and he says you look great

And he looks like death, but I say so do you

'Cause I know he's dreaming of where the water is sweet

And the cops don't know his name

And there's not a click on the telephone line

And the nights don't need cocaine

He works mighty hard for his dollar these days

But he's got a scheme to pull him ahead

But he goes and leaps into trouble like Errol Flynn

It's a wonder that he ain't dead

But I guess he's dreaming of where the water is sweet

And the cops don't know his name

And there's not a click on the telephone line

And the nights don't need

No the nights don't need

No the nights don't need cocaine

from One of These Days

©1981 CAPAC

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