The Sword of Damocles is hangin' over my head
And I've got the feelin' someone's gonna be cuttin' the thread
Oh! Woe is me! My life is a misery
And can't you see
That I'm at the start of a pretty big downer.

I woke up this mornin' with a start when I fell out of bed (that ain't no crime)
And left from my dream it was a feelin' of un-nameable dread (that ain't no crime)
My high is low, I'm dressed up with no place to go!
And all I know
Is I'm at the start of a pretty big downer.

Chorus: Sha la la la that ain't no crime
Sha la la la that ain't no crime
Sha la la la that ain't no crime that ain't no...CRIME!

The Sword of Damocles is hangin' over my head (that ain't no crime)
And I've got the feelin' someone's gonna be cuttin' the thread (that ain't no crime)
Oh! Woe is me! My life is a mystery
And can't you see
That I'm at the start of a pretty big downer.

Chorus x 2

Sha la la!