I get out of bed at half past ten Phone up a friend who's a party animal Turn on the news and drink some tea Maybe if you're with me We'll do some shopping One day I'll read Or learn to drive a car If you pass the test You can beat the rest But I don't like to compete Or talk street, street, street I can pick up the best From the party animal I could leave you Say good bye Or I could love you if I try And I could And left to my own devices I probably would Pick up a brochure about the Sun Learn to ignore what the photographer saw I was always told that you should join a club Stick with the gang If you want to belong I was a lonely boy No strength, no joy In a world of my own At the back of the garden I didn't want to compete Or play out on the street For in a secret life I was a Roundhead general I could leave you Say good bye Or I could love you if I try And I could And left to my own devices I probably would Left to my own devices I probably would Oh, I would I was faced with a choice At a difficult age Would I write a book? Or should I take to the stage? But in the back of my head I heard distant feet Che Guevara and Debussy To a disco beat It's not a crime When you look the way you do The way I like to picture you When I get home, it's late at night I pour a drink and watch the fight Turn off the TV, look at a book Pick up the phone, fix some food Maybe I'll sit up all night and day Waiting for the minute I hear you say I could leave you Say good bye Or I could love you if I try And I could And left to my own devices I probably would Come on, baby Say good bye I could love you if I try And I could And left to my own devices I probably would Left to my own devices I probably would Come on, baby Left to my own devices I probably would