the tips he gets turn out to be rubbish

he's crossed his heart now all roads lead to ruin

his willing ear gets him nowhere

(sit with a drink or think about drugs?)

he's never there, never all there

(escape in a movie, hide in a book?) 



never all there

never all there, never all there, never all there 



top o' the morning, guess who's broken?

no sense whatever, whenever there's sense

to be spoken

which face to wear, too soft to care

(tell you what's what, i'll tell you who's who)

he's never there, never all there

(bent over backwards, broken in two) 



never all there

(his chairs not quite under the table)

never all there, never all there, never all there

never all there

(two kopeks short of a rouble)

never all there, never all there, never all there 



which face to wear too soft to care

never all there, never all there

when his willing ear gets him nowhere 



his stairs don't go right up to the top floor

would anyone else have seen the mistake

he eats when he's tired 'cos he sleeps when he's hungry

how can he help it? 



he's never all there

(his chairs not quite under the table)

never all there, never all there, never all there

never all there

(two housebricks short of a hopful)

never all there, never all there, never all there 



which face to wear too soft to care

never all there, never all there

he's never all there, never all there

never all there, never all there 



all of his pride and insistence

don't come to a cupful of difference

never all there, never all there

never all there, never all there