BUST MY BACK ON THE LEVY,
BROKE MY STRINGS ON THE BBC
FOUND THE CHOPS ON EEL PIE ISLAND,
PAID MY DUES AT THE MARQUEE.
SLAGGED OFF BY THE N.M.E.,
LOST MY STASH, MY VIRGINITY
IN THIS COCKAMAMIE BUSINESS.
GOT MY FACE ON ED SULLIVAN,
BROKE MY HEART ON THE SOUL TRAIN.
INTRODUCED TO BAD COMPANY,
LOST CELLS DOWN THE BRAIN DRAIN.
AND BEFORE I COULD MEND,
LOST THE MISSUS, MISSED THE GIRLFRIEND
IN THIS COCKAMAMIE BUSINESS.
NOW WE LIKE TO AIR CONDITION,
THOUGH THE AIR HAS NO OZONE RING.
STILL THEY'RE CHOPPING DOWN THE FOREST
FOR McDONALD'S AND THE BURGER KING.
EATING COWS WITH SUCH PERSISTENCE,
DOESN'T OFFER MUCH RESISTANCE
TO THIS COCKAMAMIE BUSINESS.
THERE ARE TOO MANY THINGS
STRESSING OUT THE NERVOUS SYSTEM.
GIRLS YOU USED TO KNOW,
THE FELLAS THAT MAY KISSED 'EM.
SOME GOT RABIES, SOME GOT FLEAS,
SOME GOT INCURABLE DISEASES
FROM THIS COCKAMAMIE BUSINESS.
COCKAMAMIE BUSINESS.
NOW EV'RYBODY'S AFTER
AS MANY POINTS AS THEY CAN GET,
AS LONG AS IT'S NOT THEM THAT HAS TO PAY,
NO ONE REALLY MIND THE DEBT.
5-STAR ACTORS, TAX INSPECTORS,
FILM PRODUCERS AND DIRECTORS
WITH THEIR COCKAMAMIE BUSINESS.
COCKAMAMIE BUSINESS.
WELL, YOU DO WHAT YOU CAN,
WE CAN'T DO MUCH MORE THAT.
(No, you can't do what he just said)
SOME DAYS YOU'RE PRETTY SHARP,
ON OTHER DAYS YOU FEEL HALF DEAD.
(While you make your daily bread)
DIDN'T WANT TO BE A STAR,
WANTED JUST TO PLAY GUITAR
IN THIS COCKAMAMIE BUSINESS.
COCKAMAMIE BUSINESS,
COCKAMAMIE BUSINESS,
COCKAMAMIE BUSINESS,
THIS COCKAMAMIE BUSINESS,
COCKAMAMIE BUSINESS,
THAT COCKAMAMIE BUSINESS.