Carry On

I want my dignity back.

There's one thing worse than being worst
And that is being second best
Could you explain this, please?
From up in your red brick
From up in your gothic
And I'm trying hard to rhyme
And keep it all in time
Sadly, though, I'm just a bit too...

I only know enough to know
That I don't know enough
Could you explain this, please?
Look up from your word game
I see your eyes take aim
To join a thousand dots
In condescending knots
And, stuck back here, I'm just a bit too...

The words will jump a groove
If I sit down to read a book
Could you...
I want to be faster
I want to be master
Of something, anything, a real authority
And someday find a cure for me
Sadly, though, I'm just a bit too...

Carry on
If I'm not gonna be
The kind who makes the world a better place for you and me
Carry on
And all you'll see
Is someone pass by gormlessly

(bridge of sighs)

Let's sit down to play some chess
Just me and six more versus you
Could you indulge me, please?
I try hard to create
But here comes the checkmate
Forgive me if I'm slow
There's still so much that I don't know
It's time to go; I'm just a bit too...

What's it like behind the gates?
Could Heaven be a social club?
Could you decide this, please?
From up in your red brick
From up in your gothic
And I'm trying hard to scan
Correctly if I can
But sadly, though, I'm still a bit too...

Carry on
A daughter or a son
The kind to make the world a better place for everyone
Carry on
It's up to me
To waddle gormlessly away