It's a god-awful small affair ​ To the girl with the mousy hair But her mummy is yelling "No" ​ And her daddy has told her to go ​ But her friend is nowhere to be seen​ Now she walks through her sunken dream. To the seat with the clearest view ​ And she's hooked to the silver screen

But the film is a saddening bore ​ For she's lived it ten times or more She could spit in the eyes of fools ​ As they ask her to focus on

Sailors fighting in the dance hall Oh man! look at those cavemen go ​ It's the freakiest show ​ Take a look at the lawman Beating up the wrong guy Oh man! Wonder if he'll ever know He's in the best selling show ​ Is there life on Mars? ​ dge) ​ It's on Amerika's tortured brow ​ That Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow Now the workers have struck for fame ​ 'Cause Lennon's on sale again ​ See the mice in their million hordes​ From Ibeza to the norfolk broads Rule Britannia is out of bounds ​ To my mother, my dog, and clowns ​ But the film is a saddening bore ​ For I've writ it ten times or more It's about to be writ again ​ As I ask you to focus on

Sailors fighting in the dance hall Oh man! look at those cavemen go ​ It's the freakiest show ​ Take a look at the lawman Beating up the wrong guy Oh man! Wonder if he'll ever know He's in the best selling show ​ Is there life on Mars? ​