Adrian Belew - Incompetence Indifference lyrics

They had a courtyard pool at the Hotel Delight I decided to sun myself there was no-one in sight just a small patch of sunlight left out there that's where I placed my chair Then a woman came out and she placed her chair right smack in front of me so close I coulda touched her hair she had her back to me I thought, "Man, This is weird, she's pretending I'm not here." Then she lit up a cigarette and the secondary smoke poured over her shoulders and right down my throat But she didn't notice, she didn't even care she had stolen my sunshine and cut off my air! What kind of person would do you like that? What kind of person would do you like that? What kind of person would do you like that? It's a mean old world when you have to live with incompetence and indifference like a bad cup of coffee that's filled to the brim with incompetence and indifference, Yeah! Smile for me one time Smile when you really wanna cry try for me one time, even though I know it's a lie The electrician came by to fix my wires and told me straight away I'd be charged by the hour so he spent the whole day just pokin around, lookin for the ground When he did start in, he rewired this and he undid that, and probably took a nap because a week went by before he said "it's fixed," and he left with my check now the microwave turns on the big screen tv which cuts off the bathroom light, intermittently, and I'd love to take a shower - but I'm afraid to try - I'm afraid I'll - FRY What kind of person would do you like that? What kind of person would do you like that? What kind of person would do you like that? It's a mean old world when you have to live with incompetence and indifference like a bad cup of coffee that's filled to the brim with incompetence and indifference, Yeah! Smile for me one time Smile when you really wanna cry try for me one time, even though I know it's a lie So I thought I'd try a second electrician only this time I'd look under crook well what really got my goat was when I picked up the phone - (female voice) if you'd like to play a game... please press 1 to continue... press 2 if you have all day to wait... please press 3 to continue to wait... press 4 if you'd like to speak to a human being we're sorry, that service has been discontinued to stay on hold... please press 5 and you can talk to yourself for as long as you'd like What kind of person would do you like that?