Dick Heckstall-Smith - Same Old Thing lyrics

Finding new ways to daunt you With the same old thing There's a million ways of dying From the same old thing Taking the lonely by surprise Hating, frightening, baiting, darkening The world around me you see It's the same old thing Sometimes I see in a flash of blue That no-one wins And then I'm locked in With the same old thing Fighting on at my command All your monkeys with no fur Riding bareback on the bodies of your friends Bringing hunchbacks to the playtime of their ends I'm the ruthless opponent of all you can do And there's no-one who will help you There's no crown of thorns for a king No-one to pin your faith in Finding ways to torment you With the same old thing A thousand ways of dying From the same old thing Taking them by surprise Hating, frightening, baiting, darkening The world around me you see It's the same old thing Sometimes I see in a flash of red That no-one wins until they're dead That we're all locked in We're all locked in with the same old thing