Mechanical bliss is striking me for what I believe in

A ribbon on the line, and getting in and getting out

Huh, huh, huh ...... huh, huh huh

Was not like this



No, mechanical bliss was not like this at all

The ribbon on the line, and getting in and getting out was not like this

Was not like this, was not like this



Caruthers and Smith said that they couldn't come at all

They said that their backs were up against the wall

And getting in and getting out was not like this

Was not like this, was not like this



But a flash of the list, the flick of a switch

A flick of a switch, you gave me a kiss, I couldn't resist

No ooooooooooooooo mechanical bliss



Now Ponsonby-Smith said he really didn't care

About Neville and Chippy who really wasen't there

And getting in and getting out was not like this

Was not like this



He's out in the sun, he's sucking his thumb

He's talking to hum Ahhhhhhhh mechanical bliss



Mechanical bliss will not like this, mechanical bliss was not like this at all

The ribbon on the line and getting in and getting out was not like this

Was never, never like this



I couldn't resist the flash of the list

A flick of the switch, the lisp

He talked in a lisp

You gave me a kiss,

You talked in a lisp

You talked in a liiiiiii eh eh eh sp

Mechanical bliss



Oh, no, no, no, no, no,

Nah, nah, nah, nah nah

Dah, da , dah, dah, dah, dah do

SCAT!



Dah, da , dah, dah, dah, dah do



O.K. Chaps, stiff upper lip!





Notes from Denis Healy:

This song was officially released as the B-side to Joyous Sound. These lyrics were transcribed by ear by myself for somone who had difficulty with the language. While I think that they are pretty much right, some improvements might be made by others. This is sung in a posh upper class accent (which might help explain the words!)