Skint in a material world
I did a warehouse stint for southsea girl
It was hong kong clothes for cash
Everybody got treated worse than trash
Punch the card in the company clock
Load the trolleys and the company trucks
And around and around the whole day through
And you couldn't sit down when there was nothing to do

Well they had beaten up people from every land
Fools like me trying to be in bands
A little french girl so good to me
But I couldn't love her back so lonely
A backpacker travelling through
A lumberjack with the travelling blues
We had worn out shoes and worn out cuffs
And big ideas that were never big enough

He said the man wants you go wash his car
Hey you I'm talking to you
I said me, not me uh uh
No can do

No can can do no can
No can can do no can

Now some were grown up unlike me
And were dealing with reality
I was spittin' sulkin' smokin' shirkin'
While a lady from jamaica was singing and working
I had everyone but me to blame
And every day was just the same
Well nobody ever said it was a righteous world
But if they did they never said it at southsea girl

He said the man wants you go wash his car
Hey you I'm talking to you
I said me, not me uh uh
No can do

No can can do no can
No can can do no can

Well I've made my bed on peoples floors
Opened up and closed some doors
Dreamed that if my dreams came true
Then I wouldn't do what I didn't want to
Walking through the gates to the outside
To dream some dreams that never died
And I walked the streets of london town
Looking for a place to put my head down

• Angel of Mercy
• Badges, Posters, Stickers, T-shirts
• Be Mine
• Bewildered
• Blues Stay Away from Me
• Communiquй
• Congo Square
• Cool Drink of Water Blues
• Creole Angel
• Denomination Blues
• Do Right to Me Baby
• Don't You Get It
• Down to The Waterline
• Eastbound Train
• Expresso Love
• Fade to Black
• Follow Me Home
• Hand in Hand
• Heavy Fuel
• How Long
• I Think I Love You Too Much
• If I Had You
• In The Gallery
• Industrial Disease
• Iron Hand
• It Never Rains
• Kingdom Come
• Lady Writer
• Les Boys
• Lions
• Long Highway
• Love Over Gold
• Metroland
• Milk Cow Blues
• Millionaire Blues
• Mississippi Blues
• My Parties
• News
• No Can Do
• No Wonder He's Confused
• Nobody's Got The Gun
• On Every Street
• Once Upon a Time in The West
• One More Matinee
• One Way Gal
• One World
• Our Love
• Planet of New Orleans
• Please Baby
• Portobello Belle
• Private Investigations
• Railroad Worksong
• Ride Across The River
• Run Me Down
• Wag The Dog
• Water of Love
• When It Comes to You
• Where Do You Think You're Going?
• Why Worry
• Wild West End
• You & Your Friend
• Your Latest Trick