She was always thinking That the others were the losers And that they could never k** her, too This is the official world Now welcome to the papers And the forms are waiting here for you It didn't work at all She couldn't stand or fall It didn't work at all She couldn't stand or fall Queuing up for counters She was standing there for hours And then someone told her It is closed Bureaucrat, tie and hat Disappearing like a ghost
It didn't work at all She couldn't stand or fall It didn't work at all She couldn't stand or fall Late at night, the kids in bed She's looking at the TV screen One more night she's talking to The window of the washing machine It didn't work at all She couldn't stand or fall It didn't work at all She couldn't stand or fall ...at all...stand or fall...at all...stand or fall...