i get out of bed at half past ten phone up a friend who s a party animal turn on the news and drink some tea maybe if you re with me we ll do some shopping one day i ll read or learn to drive a car if you pass the test you can beat the rest but i don t like to compete or talk street street street i can pick up the best from the party animal i could leave you say goodbye or i could love you if i try and i could and left to my own devices i probably would pick up a brochure about the sun learn to ignore what the photographer saw i was always told that you should join a club stick with the gang if you want to belong i was a lonely boy no strength no joy in a world of my own at the back of the garden i didn t want to compete or play out on the street for in a secret life i was a round head general i could leave you say goodbye or i could love you if i try and i could and left to my own devices i probably would left to my own devices i probably would ohh i would i was faced with a choice at a difficult age would i write a book or should i take to the stage but in the back of my head i heard distant feet che guevara and debussy to a disco beat it s not a crime when you look the way you do the way i like to picture you when i get home it s late at night i pour a drink and watch the fight turn off the tv look at a book pick up the phone fix some food maybe i ll sit up all night and day waiting for the minute i hear you say i could leave you say goodbye or i could love you if i try and i could and left to my own devices i probably would come on baby say goodbye or i could love you if i try and i could and left to my own devices i probably would left to my own devices i probably would come on baby left to my own devices i probably would