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
THATS THE WAY WE ALL GO
There’s thousands of people just like me all over, but
THATS 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?
Bur I’m lost not for words or for kindness or sympathy
THATS THE WAY WE ALL GO
And if you’re bigger you fall a bit harder but
THATS 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 the door as I fall to the floor bit 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
THATS THE WAY WE ALL GO
Then there’s Washington Tokyo New York and Moscow thinks
THATS THE WAY WE ALL GO
They’re all crying and arguing down the telephone but
THATS THE WAY WE ALL GO
Then there’s me standing here with my whole life to spare thinking
THATS 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
THATS THE WAY WE ALL GO
The turning wheel reeks of the whale and the whaler but
THATS THE WAY WE ALL GO
The early bird catches the worm, does the worm think that
THATS THE WAY WE ALL GO