[Verse 1: Eugene de la Hot Croix Bun]
Futile again to bring them back, those young in Greville Street
In days now gone, whose magpie song long since has been complete
Oh, why did I so harsh decry their vanity as wrong?
Leave time and age to prove that so
Oh, where have TISM gone?

[Verse 2: Humphrey B. Flaubert]
Oh, how could I once have thought Eugene had nought to say?
He had a dream, a melody to think of it today
The smallest thing makes my heart drop as if onto its knees
A plectrum gaffered to the stand
The pitch wheel on his keys

[Chorus]
Where have TISM gone?
Where have TISM gone?
Where have they gone?
Where have TISM gone?
(Where have TISM gone?)

[Verse 3: Ron Hitler-Barassi]
Oh, let us line up once again
At IDs, single file
So we can hear Harem Scarem
Playing "Miracle Mile"
How sweet, a pocket full of cash
Yet start back home with none
And have to walk the whole way back
Oh, where have TISM gone?
[Verse 4: Eugene de la Hot Croix Bun & Humphrey B. Flaubert]
How sweet it is to end the night
When dawn is near begun
To walk home drunk with ringing ears
From your band's latest song
The night is cold, the magpies start
Their song at break of day
Oh, how could I have once thought
They had nothing to say?

[Chorus]
Where have TISM gone? (Where have TISM gone?)
Where have TISM gone? (Where have TISM gone?)
Where have they gone? (Where have TISM gone?)
Where have TISM gone? (Where have TISM gone?)
Where have TISM gone? (Where have TISM gone?)
Where have TISM gone? (Where have TISM gone?)
Where have they gone? (Where have TISM gone?)
Where have TISM gone? (Where have TISM gone?)

[Outro: Humphrey B. Flaubert]
Everything is shit except for TISM
Everything is shit except for TISM
Everything is shit except for TISM
Who are shit