Nowhere Nothing Ever - Shriekback

I had the Pushback

I heard the Hard Word

Came up the hard way

It didn’t phase me

I had the fire in the belly

I learned the door codes

I kept my nose clean

I got the Soft Eyes

I took the Lump Sum

And I trousered it away

My special insights

Were used in sound bites

I worked the Drawdown

I planned the Clawback

Avoided Mission Creep

I had the Upgrade

I got the Ensuite

A seat with sight-lines

I got the Glad Hand

(That put the tin hat on it)

It don’t make no never mind

It don’t make no never mind

Every naked ape it wants to live for ever

It don’t make no never mind

When you leave the world behind

I got 3 words for you

'Nowhere Nothing Never'

I hawked a new deal

Broke off some blue chip

I found the nosebag

Finessed the big beasts

It was a simple thing to do

I did the Grand Slam

And then some handstands

Used only name-brands

(I had some Quality moments)

I met the Big Cheese

He sent his Lynch Pin

Gave me his new book

I read the whole dam' thing on the plane

And all of these scenes

There in my grand scheme

Were all I had dreamed

(Cocked up the one time-

It was an isolated case)

It don’t make no never mind

It don’t make no never mind

Every human soul and all our best endeavours

It don’t make no never mind

When you leave the world behind

Just keep this in mind

'Nowhere Nothing Never'

I found the Right One

We had too much fun

Couldn’t keep our pants on

And I never ever looked at another

We had a rapport

That you would die for

As big as that door

And I finished her sentences for her

We found the on switch

And then we got rich

And in the last ditch

There was nothing still left to accomplish

We made a fine pair

It didn’t stop there

We climbed the grand stair

And walked the old colonnade in the summer…

It don’t make no never mind

It don’t make no never mind

Every naked ape it wants to live for ever It don’t make no never mind

When you leave the world behind

I got 3 words for you

'Nowhere Nothing Never'