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I could be the driver in an articulated lorry
I could be a poet, I wouldn't need to worry
I could be the teacher in a cla*sroom full of scholars
I could be the sergeant in a squadron full of wallahs

What a waste! What a waste!
What a waste! What a waste!

Because I tried to play the fool in a six-piece band
First-night nerves every one-night stand
I should be glad to be so inclined
What a waste! What a waste!
But the world don't mind

I could be a lawyer with stratagems and muses
I could be a doctor with poultices and bruises
I could be a writer with a growing reputation
I could be the ticket-man at Fulham Broadway station

What a waste! What a waste!
What a waste! What a waste!

Because I tried to play the fool in a six-piece band
First-night nerves every one-night stand
I should be glad to be so inclined
What a waste! What a waste!
But the world don't mind

I could be the catalyst that sparks the revolution
I could be an inmate in a long-term institution
I could lead to wide extremes, I could do or die
I could yawn and be withdrawn and watch them gullify

What a waste! What a waste!
What a waste! What a waste!

Because I tried to play the fool in a six-piece band
First-night nerves every one-night stand
I should be glad to be so inclined
What a waste! What a waste!
But the world don't mind

Chose to play the fool in a six-piece band
First-night nerves every one-night stand
I should be glad to be so inclined
What a waste! What a waste!
But the world don't mind
What a waste! What a waste!
But the world don't mind

Chose to play the fool in a six-piece band
First-night nerves every one-night stand
I should be glad to be so inclined
What a waste! What a waste!
But the world don't mind



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Ian Dury & the Blockheads - Reasons to Be Cheerful: The Very Best of Ian Dury & the Blockheads

  1. Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
  2. Wake Up and Make Love With Me
  3. Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick
  4. Reasons to Be Cheerful, Pt. 3
  5. I Want to Be Straight
  6. Superman's Big Sister
  7. What a Waste!
  8. Sweet Gene Vincent
  9. Profoundly in Love With Pandora
  10. Rough Kids
  11. You're More Than Fair
  12. Billy Bentley (Promenades Himself in London)
  13. Pam's Moods
  14. Upminster Kid
  15. Roadette Song
  16. Pam's Moods 2
  17. Call-Up
  18. Crippled With Nerves
  19. Mumble Rumble and the Cocktail Rock
  20. Billericay Dickie
  21. I'm Partial to Your Abracadabra
  22. Blockheads
  23. Waiting for Your Taxi
  24. This Is What We Find
  25. Dance of the Crackpots
  26. Hey, Hey, Take Me Away
  27. Funky Disco (Pops)
  28. Body Song
  29. Spasticus (Autisticus)
  30. You're My Inspiration
  31. Really Glad You Came
  32. Apples
  33. England's Glory
  34. Clevor Trever
  35. Plaistow Patricia
  36. If I Was With a Woman
  37. Inbetweenies
  38. O'Donegal
  39. Poo-Poo in the Prawn
  40. D'Orine the Cow