Am Bust my back on the Levy - broke my strings on the BBC Dm C E7 G Found my chops on Eel Pie Island - paid my dues at the Marquee Am Dm Slagged off by the N.M.E. - lost my stash and my virginity Dm E7 Am In this Cockamamie Business Am Got my face on Ed Sullivan - broke my heart on the Soul Train Dm C E7 G Introduced to Bad Company - lost cells down at Brain Drain Am Dm And before I could mend - lost the missus, missed the girlfriend Dm E7 Am In this Cockamamie Business Am Now we like to air condition - though the air has no ozone ring Dm C Still theyʼre chopping down the forest for McDonalds and the Burger E7 G King Am Dm Eating cows with such persistance - doesnʼt offer much resistance Dm E7 Am To this Cockamamie Business Am There are too many things - stressing out the nervous system Dm C E7 G Girls you used to know - fellas that may have kissedʼem Am Dm Some got rabies - Some got fleas - some got incurable diseases Dm E7 Am From this Cockamamie Business Am Everybodyʼs after as many points as they can get Dm As long as itʼs not them that has to pay C E7 G No one really minds the Debt Am Dm 5-Star actors, tax inspectors, film producers and directors Dm E7 Am With their Cockamamie Business Am Well you do what you can - canʼt do much more than that (No you canʼt do what he just said) Dm C E7 G Some days youʼre pretty sharp - on other days you feel half dead (While you make your daily bread) Am Dm Didnʼt want to be a star - wanted just to play guitar Dm E7 Am In this Cockamamie Business
