Hello, good evening and welcome

to nothing much

A no holds barred half nelson

and the loving touch

The comfort and the joy

of feeling lost

With the only living boy

in New Cross



Fill another suitcase

with another haul

Of hotel towels and toothpaste

and the bathroom wall

Then wipe the lipstick heart and flowers

from the glass and chrome

Take five or six hot baths and showers

and come on home

To the comfort and the joy of feeling lost

With the only living boy

in New Cross



I've teamed up with the hippies now

I've got my fringe unfurled

I want to give peace, love and kisses out

to this whole stinking world

The gypsies, the travellers and the thieves

The good, the bad, the average and unique

The grebos, the crusties, the goths

And the only living boy

in New Cross



Eyes down and I'll keep you up to date

Two fat ladies 1988

The safe sixteen lovers who lied

Purleys' queen and mother makes five

Butchered bakers, deaf and dumb waiters

Marble arch criminals and clause 28'ers

Authors, authors, plastered outcasts

Locked up daughters, rock'n'roll stars

Goodbye Rudy, David and Rosie

Abraham and Julianne

and everyone else who knows me



The gypsies, the travellers and the thieves

The good, the bad, the average and unique

The grebos, the crusties, the goths

Hello, good evening, welcome

and Goodbye