[Verse 1]
Each morning after Sunblest
Feel the benefit, mental arithmetic
I waited by the staff room
In time for benediction

[Chorus]
Living a law just short of delusion
When we fall in love there's confusion
This must be the place I waited years to leave

[Verse 2]
To our voices nobody's listening
We shiver in the rain by the touchline
Then a coach ride to the station
"My lord, the carriage awaiteth!"

[Chorus]
Living a law just short of delusion
When we fall in love there's confusion
This must be the place I waited years to leave
This must be the place I waited years to leave

[Post-Chorus]
And how
How long?
[Bridge]
I'm listening to the words I thought I'd never hear again
A Litany of Saints and other ordinary men
Kneeling on the parquet, whatever has gone wrong?
The fear and feeling hopelessness, I don't want to belong

[Verse 3]
I dreamt I was back in uniform
And a candidate for examination
History, someone had blundered
And a voice rapped "knuckle under!"

[Chorus]
Living a law just short of delusion
When we fall in love there's confusion
This must be the place I waited years to leave
This must be the place I waited years to leave

[Post-Chorus]
And how
And how
How long?

[Outro: Andrei Vyshinsky]
"Требует наш народ одного: раздавите проклятую гадину!"