Bide Your Time (Acoustic / Remastered 2022)

[Verse 1]

Well, the temptation is all too great

And now it's gone and it's all too late

I tried and I tried, I never applied

Any of the morals that I wish I had

[Verse 2]

You wait fifty whole weeks

Through all of your hides and all of your seeks

And when the time finally arrives

It dawns on me that your attention derives

[Pre-Chorus]

From the girlfriend that you left at home

Sitting in the living room all alone

[Chorus]

You hate the suntan

And you can't stand to be around the short-sleeved man

And the ugly girls who are singing too loud

And they fuckin' do my head in

You hate the tattoos

And you can't stand the skinheads

The onеs who cannot handle their booze

And thеy're making you scared to be proud

Are you scared to be proud?

Why on Earth are you scared to be proud?

Come and sing your heart out with me

[Verse 3]

But if you bide your time

And you stand there and you wait in line

It won't be long before her sarong

Is lying on your bathroom floor

[Pre-Chorus]

But what about the girlfriend that you left at home

Sitting in your living room all alone?

[Chorus]

You hate the suntan

And you can't stand to be around the short-sleeved man

And the glitzy girls who are singing too loud

They fuckin' do my head in

You hate the tattoos

And you can't stand the skinheads

The ones who can't handle their booze

And they're making you scared to be proud

Are you scared to be proud?

Why are you scared to be proud

When you're on cloud number nine?