It's a god-awful small affair [Verse]
To the girl with the mousy hair G Bm Dm E7
But her mummy is yelling no Am C D7 D7
And her daddy has told her to go
But her friend is nowhere to be seen
Now she walks through her sunken dream [Pre-
To the seat with the clearest view Chorus]
And she's hooked to the silver screen Bb Bb
Gm G#
But the film is a saddening bore D# G7
(For she's lived it ten times or more Cm D#7
She could spit in the eyes of fools)
As (they ask her) to focus on [Chorus]
(C F
Sailors fighting in the dance hall Am7 Fm
Oh, man, look at those cavemen go G Gm
It's the freakiest show Dm7 Fm7 x2)
Take a look at the Am7 G#
Lawman beating up the wrong guy C D
Oh, man, wonder if he'll ever know
He's in the best selling show [Instru]
Is there life on Maaaaars G E7 Am F#7
Bm C Cm7 X
It's on America's tortured brow
That Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow ╔═════════╗
Now the workers have struck for fame ║ Life on ║
'Cause Lennon's on sale again ║ Mars? ║
See the mice in their million hordes ║ David ║
From Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads ║ Bowie ║
Rule Britannia is out of bounds ╚═════════╝
To my mother, my dog and clowns [Pre-
Chorus]
(Because I wrote it ten times or more [Cho-
It's about to be writ again) (I ask you) rus]