Same long faces in the work-mans' hall,
Caramel crisp counts his birds,
Cliff chips lines up his dominoes,
Kingfisher lead singer calms his nerves.
I'm drinking, sinking, swimming and drowning,
Working, smirking, learning and burning,
Sleeping, thieving, cheting, beating,
I'm eating, i'm drinking in goldfish bowl.
It's sink or swim.
The hall downtown just burned to the ground,
My boxing ring turned to ash.
Red-head gingerbread sells tickets at the door,
Stell sleepwalks in the sand.
I'm drinking, sinking, swimming nd drowning,
Working, smirking, learning and buring,
Sleping, thieving, cheating, beating
I'm eating, I'm deep in goldfish bowl
It's sink or swim
They're lookin' in
They're lookin' in,
SOLO
Hard up, outta luck, time to ride the village bike,
A bike been used ten times or more.
Grapevine, here's the wife, lays down her royal flush,
I think I've lost another wife.
I'm drinking, sinking, swimming nd drowning,
Working, smirking, learning and buring,
Sleping, thieving, cheating, beating
I'm eating, I'm deep in goldfish bowl
It's sink or swim
They're lookin' in
It's sink or swim.