1. 25 YEARS

I went to school and I studied
And I got my G.C.E.
My City and Guilds and my Sky Diary
But it didn't do me no good
They didn't like my looks,
I burnt my books
25 years doesn't matter anymore
I stand around the streets
I lie around the floor
Looking at the sky
I watch the world go by

I started out one day
And I worked in a factory
My mind went blank,
I needed a battery
Didn't do me no good
I got the sack,
My work was slack

25 years, 25 years, 25 years…

'Cause 25 years doesn't matter anymore
I stand around the streets
And lie around the floor
Looking at the sky
I watch the world go by
They say there's life up there in the galaxy
The world's in collision
There's people with an allergy
25 years of social reform
Ain't gonna make me change or make me conform
25 years, 25 years, 25 years,
25 years of social research and

25 years, 25 years, 25 years…


2. (ONLY) THE DEAD DREAMS OF A COLD WAR KID

If he blows his cover he might blow the lid
So he stays in the shadows like he always did
Deep in his trenchcoat secret papers are hid
It's only the dead dreams of the cold war, kid

In a town by the wall the machine gunners wait
To type out the orders that seal his fate
Deep in the shadows where he always hid
It's only the dead dreams of the cold war, kid
Only the dead dreams of the cold war, kid

Secret career in counter espionage
Covering his face with clever camouflage
Only the dead dreams of the cold war, kid
Only the dead dreams of the cold war, kid

Railway hotel with gun oil on the sheets
The man at the harbour waited in the streets
It's only the dead dreams of the cold war, kid
Only the dead dreams of the cold war, kid