[Intro: Andy Bell]
Now then!
Excuse me! Excuse me!
What's this little dispute going on on my concert?!
Eh?
Now then, don't be nasty!
It's up to us to provide the circus!

[Verse 1: Andy Bell]
Call it new technology
And they use it to burn
And they show no concern
Work for their prosperity
While the big wheels turn
Now it's too late to learn

[Pre-Chorus 1: Andy Bell, Derek Smith & Steve Myers]
Don't upset the teacher
Though we know he lied to you
Don't upset the preacher
He's gonna close his eyes for you

[Chorus: Andy Bell, Derek Smith & Steve Myers]
And it's a shame
That you're so afraid
Just a worker waiting in thе pouring rain
Putting back the pieces of a brokеn dream
Putting back the pieces of a broken dream
[Verse 2: Andy Bell, Derek Smith & Steve Myers]
Father worked in industry
Now the work has moved on
And the factory's gone
See them sell your history
Where once you were strong
And you used to belong

[Pre-Chorus 2: Andy Bell, Derek Smith & Steve Myers]
There was once a future
For a working man
There was once a lifetime
For a skillful hand
Yesterday

[Chorus: Andy Bell, Derek Smith & Steve Myers]
And it's a shame
That you're so afraid
Just a worker waiting in the pouring rain
Putting back the pieces of a broken dream
Putting back the pieces of a broken dream

[Interlude]

[Pre-Chorus 1: Andy Bell, Derek Smith & Steve Myers]
Don't upset the teacher
Though we know he lied to you
Don't upset the preacher
He's gonna close his eyes for you
[Chorus: Andy Bell, Derek Smith & Steve Myers]
And it's a shame
That you're so afraid
Just a worker waiting in the pouring rain
Putting back the pieces of a broken dream

[Verse 3: Andy Bell, Derek Smith & Steve Myers]
Tempers fray so easily
In desperate despair
Is there anyone who cares?
Just another tragedy
Just a personal affair
In a room somewhere

[Pre-Chorus 3: Andy Bell, Derek Smith & Steve Myers]
Don't upset the future
Though we know he lied to you
There was once a lifetime
For a skillful hand
Yesterday

[Chorus: Andy Bell, Derek Smith & Steve Myers]
And it's a shame
That you're so afraid
Just a worker waiting in the pouring rain
Putting back the pieces of a broken dream
Of a broken
Putting back the pieces of a broken dream
Putting back
Putting back the pieces of a broken dream
[Outro: Andy Bell]
Thank you!
Thank you!