there's a watch in my pocket
and its hands are broken
the face is blank
but the gears are turning
confusion is a fundamental
state of mind
it doesn't really matter
what I'm figuring out
I'm guaranteed to wind
up in a state of doubt
and sanity is a full time job
in a world
that is always changing
and sanity is a state of mind
that you believe in sanity
<Interlude>
there's a shadow on the wall
where the paint is peeling
my body's moving forward
but my mind is reeling
depression is a fundamental
state of being
it doesn't really matter
how my day has turned out
I always end up living
in this world of doubt
and sanity is a full time job
in a world
that is always changing
and sanity is a state of mind
that you believe in sanity
<Interlude>
and sanity is a full time job
in a world
that is always changing
and sanity is a state of mind
that you believe in sanity
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