[Chorus]
I don't know, can't you see?
I'm just passing through, fast as you –
Don't ask me

[Verse 1]
Careering out of control
Disappearing down the black hole
Careering – the white man's soul
Stands stark naked in the floodlight glare
Stands stark raving on the strap
I've had the feeling that I've been there
But I can't quite believe it

[Chorus]
I don't know, can't you see?
I'm just passing through, fast as you
So don't ask me (Don't ask me)

[Verse 2]
Careering, simply day to day
Engineering everything I say
Careering for the work and the pay (For the work and the pay)
I'm just a passenger passing through
I'm just an average chap (We are normal)
If I said I hadn't got a clue
Well, there'd still come the questions
[Chorus]
I don't know, can't you see?
I'm just another case of wasted space
So don't ask me (Don't ask me)

[Guitar Solo/Post-Chorus]
(Don't ask me)
No, don't ask me
(Don't ask me)
No, don't ask me!
(Don't ask me...)

[Verse 3]
Careering, my apprenticeship
No nearer than my pension slip;
Careering down the Cresta Run
I screw it up just like anyone;
Careering – pointless anyway
To do it just for the work and the pay (For the work and the pay)

[Saxophone Solo]

[Chorus]
Look here:
I don't know, can't you see?
I'm so near the end, get it straight, friend –
Don't ask me
Don't ask me
Just don't ask
Don't ask me