Cole I was laughing and crying My eyes were sore 39 down One lucky strike more And I didn't have a care I had eleven thousand words I could roll them off just like dice There were movers and shakers on Wannermaker Place I was holding my own Between the dives and the steakhouses and furthest from my mind Was the thought of my refection Coming back from the machine which said Everything is gone No more carry on I was bound to fall I had it all I half way through the song And not a stone unturned True life revelations for the at least concerned And I said to my wife
Do you think I've said too much? She said Well, isn't that what your job is? Then when I got into furniture It was curtains for me But I can blame it on Upper Street and my Ambrose Heal and still, furthest from my mind Was the thought of my refection Coming back from the machine which said Everything is gone No more carry on I was bound to fall I had it all I was laughing and crying My eyes were sore 39 down One lucky strike more And I didn't have a care I had eleven thousand words I could roll them off just like dice Just like dice