Penny Dreadful

<br>Forgive me if I`m out of order -<br>This new `music` has no soul<br>It may be good for making money,<br>Sadly that is not my goal<br>Integrity and honesty are words that you don`t understand,<br>but you`re the best - it says so in the penny dreadful in your hand<br><br>I saw you in a magazine,<br>They`re calling you messiah<br>They must be living in a dream -<br>they couldn`t be more wrong<br><br>If we`d played this riff more punk<br>Then maybe we`d have had a million seller<br>But this piper`s tune is not for sale,<br>I`m glad to say I`m not that kind of fella<br>D.J.s, V.J.s, pimps and trollops,<br>Never mind music - this is bollocks<br><br>I saw you in a magazine,<br>They`re calling you messiah<br>They must be living in a dream -<br>They couldn`t be more wrong.<br><br>Turn on, tune up, cash in, sell out<br>Turn on, tune up, cash in, sell out<br>Stand your ground behind the times -<br>And refuse to follow fashion<br>Write your poetry with anger,<br>And then sing it with a passion<br>Painted faces in a circus - images that spring to mind,<br>When I read my penny dreadful filled with pictures of your kind<br><br>I saw you in a magazine,<br>They`re calling you messiah<br>They must be living in a dream -<br>They couldn`t be more wrong<br><br>Commercial suicide`s appealing after<br>Ten years on this losing streak<br>`Cause I`d rather be called sour and bitter<br>Than be deemed the flavour of the weak<br>Of the weak, of the weak<br>Weak of the weak<br><br>I saw you in a magazine,<br>They`re calling you messiah<br>They must be living in a dream -<br>They couldn`t be more wrong<br><br>Extra, extra, read all about it!<br><br>I saw you in a magazine,<br>They`re calling you messiah<br>They must be living in a dream -<br>They couldn`t be more wrong