Kevin Rowland's 13th Time

From a youth of waste

A life of mess

It's a prize to be able to

Express myself

But first:

My name is Kevin Rowland

I'm the leader of the band

Herein I wish to clarify

Relate and state my plans

Tales from near and foreign parts

B-but my friends before we start

I would like to call upon

PC Barrington

Well now

There's no point in punishing

The guilty with their crimes

I've been chastised so many times

I get bitter more every time

PC Barrington and me

We're inclined to disagree

He does not see things like I do

I was never very sure about anything until

I was never very sure

What won't go for me

Will not go for me

Y'see

I'm not pleading ignorance

Of fundamental things

Politics must be dealt with

But they should not be dwelt in

Well I'm a man of a different breed

I take what I want say what I need

I don't intend to follow suit

I got blood, veins, bones now here's my point

I was never very sure... NICK!

I was never very...

What don't go for me

Will not go for me

What don't go for me

Will not go for me

[Spoken]:

Yeah, well, I thought a little

Joke might be a good idea

Just to sorta, I dunno

Kick off the proceedings

As it were, y'know

Whattaya think, good idea?

[Voices agree]

Yeah, did you ever hear the one

About the, um, y'know, the

Middle-class idiots, who, who

Sorta, spend all their time

Analysing their own emotions

And writing bullshit poetry

Y'know, that we're supposed to read?

[Laughter begins]

I mean, as if we're fuckin' interested!

[Laughter]

(That's a good one!)

Y'like that one, eh?

(Where did ya hear that one?)

Um

(Did'ja make it up yourself)

No, no, it's a true story that one

Honestly, it's true, I didn't make it up

I was never very sure

I was never very...

It don't go for me

It won't go for me

What don't go for me

Will not go for me