the smell of virgin pages wafted
through the swinging doors
and the croaking speech
he'd heard from countries
counselors before
they said we all care for you
we know how you suffer
but I know you can succed
I used to have it
so much rougher
there's hope in the words
and emotion in the eyes
it's so easy to be misled by
the savvy gentle guise
and like fools
we trust the delivery
but it's all
just drunk sincerity
but it's all
just drunk sincerity
in maternal family assembly
poised regarding the blue tube
the numbers crept up higher
and the hawks stayed out of view
then the generals said
we dont want our boys dead
your sons and your husbands
will be coming back heroes soon
there's hope in the words
and emotion in the eyes
it's so easy to be misled by
the savvy gentle guise
and like fools
we trust the delivery
but it's all
just drunk sincerity
but it's all
just drunk sincerity
<Interlude>
with steam, heat, and rhythm
in the back seat of the car
and adolescent perspective
projecting life's
forecast to the stars
you heard love from the lips
and you were rapt by the hips
and the promise was eternal
but you couldn't see that far
there's hope in the words
and emotion in the eyes
it's so easy to be misled by
the savvy gentle guise
and like fools
we trust the delivery
but it's all
just drunk sincerity
but it's all
just drunk sincerity
but it's all
just drunk sincerity
but it's all
just drunk sincerity
cked down
and they put you first in line
And so you finally ask yourself
just how big you are
and take your place in a wiser
world of bigger motor cars
<Intelrude>
So Where the hell was Biggles
when you needed him
last Saturday
And where were all the sportsmen
who always pulled you though
They're all resting down
in Cornwall
writing up their memoirs
for a paper-back edition
of the Boy Scout Manual
See there! A man born