Shrinkrap - Robert Wyatt

It takes a weekly packet

To keep the shrink in pocket

It costs a pretty penny

Just to stay afloat

It takes a lot of lolly

Trying to be jolly

When the interest keeps mounting

In the bank and in my person

It takes a bit of doing

Just feeling up to scratch

Work work work

From dawn to dusk

My id is raw

My ego breaking

From months of toil

To separate my real self

From its husk

Everybody loves me

Everyone but me

It’s costing cash to melt the ice

I’ve sweated blood to hear I’m nice

To hear I’m nice

It takes a weekly packet

To keep the shrink in pocket

It costs a pretty penny

Just to stay afloat

It takes a lot of lolly

Trying to be jolly

When the interest keeps mounting

In the bank and in my person

And it takes a bit of doing

Just feeling up to scratch

Work work work

And it’s work work work

It’s work work work

From dawn to dusk

My id is raw

My ego breaking

From months of toil

To separate my real self

From its husk

From its husk

It takes a bit of doing

Just feeling up to scratch

Work work work

From dawn to dusk

It’s work work work

Work work work

Work work work…