John Cooper Clarke
I Don’t Want to Be Nice
Here he comes now....

The fast fingers, the expert eyes
And the same old 'how'd you do'
Disgust is just his dumb disguise
He wants a word with you

His problems are the end
A mouth needs exercise
The last thing I need is another friend
I don't want to be nice

I don't want to be nice
I think it's clever to swear
Better seek some sound advice
I would look elsewhere

Your face is an obvious case
I wouldn't put it about
This is neither the time nor place
To sort your problems out

What you see is what you get
You only live twice
A friend in need is a friend in debt
I don't want to be nice
No we never met before
I'm very happy to say
Far from perfect strangers
I'd like to keep it that way

I'm not your psychoanalyst
I'd rather talk to mice
You're so easy to resist
I don't want to be nice

I don't want to be nice
I think it's clever to swear
I would seek some sound advice
I would look elsewhere

Your face is an obvious case
I wouldn't put it about
This is neither the time nor place
To sort your problems out

What you see is what you get
You only live twice
A friend in need is a friend in debt
I don't want to be nice