Just off the boat

They pushed down a spending spree

I've spied and I've caught

A taxi to half-way home, I've miles, miles, miles to go

I gave the bar room boys

A lesson in making sure you walk home alone

With the dregs of your dignity to keep you company

A lull in language left my words stale

Flying bare faced I began to hate the sound of my own voice

Some are born in heaven

Some are born in Irvine

And then the door is as far as they will go

Another chorus line urge

Crushed by the coast line quirks

Who've held their high tide

Since leaving their problems in the secondary modern

A man who tried harder then I

Boldly crossed to one side he said

'Hang on to your head I'll help you through'

Some are born in heaven

Some are born in irvine

And then the door is as far as they will go

With an old hand on a young brow

He said 'I must go'

And I asked 'show me how'

Put one foot on the gravy train and

You'll get there

But I never left home- I just stayed downstairs

They told me something I already knew

They covered my frame in black and blue

They wrote underneath the conclusion they drew

Useless is just something beginning with you

Useless is just something beginning with you

Useless is just something beginning with you

Beginning with you