No Thanks
Album: Wessex '82 (compilation)
Release Date: 1982
You sat on the bus and wondered
What future is there in this?
Working all week to get money
Cos money gets you pissed
So you thought "I wanna be famous"
And recorded a demo tape
Sent it to all the companies
And all they had to say was:
No thanks sonny
We´ve heard it all before
Turning punk into money
Doesn´t work anymore
So you kept working for money
And put out your own EP
They put you in the papers
And worked out your family tree
The companies sat up and took notice
And offered you money and fame
The faces all change but the ideas the same
So you thought you´d do it your own way
And you said:
No thanks sonny
I can do it on my own
I don´t need your money
Just leave me alone
The record never got anywhere
You ended up on the dole
Finally got a job
With less money than before
So now you´re sitting on a bus
Wondering where did it all go wrong?
There´s nothing else to do
Except write another song
And it goes:
No thanks sonny
We´ve heard it all before
No thanks sonny
You´re no use anymore