A Little Man And A House Lyrics & Chords By Cardiacs

Leaving early
just before the hour
a few moments won't make any difference
not to me anyway
the early bird catches the worm,
I don't really want to go in tomorrow
the man will tell me off for leaving early yesterday.
Close your eyes dear
never mind.
And there's voices inside me
they're screaming they're telling me
"That's the way we all go"
there's thousands of people just like me all over
but that's the way we all go.
What can I do when everyone's been so helpful
how can I have the right to say I'm different to you?
Oh
But I'm lost
not for words or for kindness or sympathy, that's the way we all go
and if you're bigger you fall a bit harder
but that's the way we all go.
There's a pain in my side it's a lesson I learned from a while ago.
I'll be screaming inside I'll be biting my nails but it won't show.
There's a knock at my door
as I fall to the floor but I still don't know that
the people outside shed a tear
for my pride but they still won't go.
Why should I think I'm alone the whole factory thinks
"That's the way we all go"
then there's Washington, Tokyo, New York and Moscow
but that's the way we all go
they're all crying and arguing down the telephone
but that's the way we all go
then there's me standing here with my whole life to spare.
That's the way we all go.
That's the way we all go.
That's the way we all go.
That's the way we all go.
That's the way we all go.
It's easier when you know how obviously but that's how it goes.
Look at me now I know something that you don't
but that's the way we all go.
The turning wheel reeks of the whale and the whaler
but that's the way we all go
The early bird catches the worm, does the worm thinks that
that's the way we all go.