[Verse 1]
Doesn't it please your heart to know
He used to go where the wild things grow
And he's younger than the youngest Rolling Stone
Doesn't it please your heart to see
He got a post in the Ministry
He's a groove as far as politicians go

[Pre-Chorus]
And he was standing at a party in 1968
Wearing beads and waving a drumstick
While nurturing dreams of running the stage

[Chorus]
You know, he was a man for our time
There's one in every crowd, if it was allowed
You'd drown them young
And he was a man for our time
He never spared a dime for you or your kind
When he had made it

[Verse 2]
Doesn't it thrill you to observe
He makes the change as the fashions swerve
'Cause a moldy image maims a smooth machine
Oh, be still my fluttering heart
There on the stage in the leading part
Is a man who comes to life from margarine
[Pre-Chorus]
And now he's shaking hands at charity concerts
With pop stars with no brains
While the rest of us are throwing our money
Driving the buses and digging the drains

[Chorus]
You know, he was a man for our time
There's one in every crowd, if it was allowed
You'd drown them young
And he was a man for the time
He never spared a dime for you or your kind
When he had made it

[Chorus]
He was a man for our time
There's one in every crowd, if it was allowed
You'd drown them young
And he was a man for the time
He never spared a dime for you or your kind
When he had made it