Another week, a new incumbent king
All pay homage to the next big thing
I sense the writing's on the wall
Full of messages that I ignore
I've read them all a hundred times before
It's strange how soon they pall

Then no-one'll like you anyway
Not once you've learned to play
The cluster that have found you
Evaporate away
Soon they'll reassemble
To start anew again

It's a forum for idiots
I can't take you serious(ly)
Write what you want, it doesn't bother me
You're much too vociferous
In all your opinions
Fawn all you like but just don't covet me

New talent is soon painted thin
As stale as something that the cat dragged in
And stowed away some weeks ago
Public property?, well that's their choice
Empty vessels make the loudest noise
And never show which way they blow

Point the way and I'll rescind
From all your bickering
Like ill-intentioned vultures
You circle and attack
If I was paying to read this
I'd want my money back.
NOT PERFECT

I used to think if I was you
Life couldn't get much better
Unless of course if I was Bart
Then I'd say 'Oh Man', 'No Way', 'Cool', and I'd be yellow
My adventures would be smart

But you and I are older now
I saw through you, someday, somehow
You've no good traits to commend
The only thing I like about you is your girlfriend

Loud and brash, lots of cash
Did nothing for your manners
What did she ever see in you?
Except your cars and new guitars
And several million dollars
I guess they're a pretty good excuse

Guile and charm can't hide your faults
Trapped behind your cardboard walls
They'll blow down in the end
The only thing I like about you is your girlfriend

Here's not like Hollywood where all the dreams are false
And the folk who have most money call the tune
I'll choose my solitude, and you can pay for yours
How I'd love to get myself locked in a room
With you, and no way out
Then all your wealth would count for nowt
I'd be strong, you'd be spent
The only thing I like about you is your girlfriend
The only thing I like about you is that girl.

Posing on the beachfront with their surfboards in their hands
The bronzed Adonis'of the sands
I'm surrounded by Barbies, but I'll never be Ken
I won't be appearing in their plans

With spare clothes in my case
I'm so out of place
Got sand kicked in my face again
I'll never be cool
I'll stick to the rock pools
Until they head back to their vans

I couldn't feel more outcast if I'd travelled here from Mars
Hard as I try I'm still ignored
Drinking foreign bottled beer and hanging out in bars
I'm isolated from their sport

Alone miles from the beach
Salvation out of reach
Quite helpless bobbing up and down
No cards left to play
While I get washed away
Stranded as the tide goes out

Used my innovation , tried all permutations
But you didn't care at all
So like your colouration you were imitation
You just didn't care at all

Here I sit, the journey done
It seems as if my race is run
Pushed too hard, and came so near
Then she turned and disappeared

I've had my nose rubbed in the dirt
Now I'm tired of being hurt
Burnt my fingers over her

All those nights I got no sleep
She just flattered to deceive
I kid myself that she once cared
Now they sound like hollow words to me

To me the spoils aren't shared
I'm crestfallen, in despair
Lost all hope in front of her

It's time to walk away from here
From a pointless wasted year

I think of all the weeks I spent
To take her everywhere she went
I'd go miles out of my way
She threw it all back in my face

Of all the fools well I'm the worst
End up tired and getting hurt
And feeling stupid over her

It's a long drive home
One I'll steer alone.