Mercury

The point of no return Down the lanes behind your home Stir-crazy youths litter the streets With smashed up glass and soiled sheets Do you know what you do when you call her name? Do you even know how to play the game? Does it make you into a big strong man? A leaf in the wind? Or a broken blade of grass? Flashback to our troubled youth The boys in the corner eating tins of soup An angry man haunted by his youth A broken home broken by his boot Do you know how you sound when you try your tricks? Do you even have a clue what makes a woman tick? So play those cards of beer, guilt and shame A full house of boys being boys, they'll say He's emotional Industrial Mercurial Daddy's home after a night on the booze Knots aren't important when they're tied up loose Forgotten mornings of violent crime Your team aren't the only ones that lost last night He's emotional Industrial Mercurial He takes his toll So pay your tax Baby do the math Can you really afford to be like that? There's a price to live And there's a cost to die And a wage to keep your troubles piled up high So pay your credit On direct debit And sell your home with nothing in it And fill your tank with the blood diamond fuel And pay your bills and forget where to go And take your pills and forget what to do Forget your home And your life And your parents And your wife And your kids And your name And your love And all your hate He's emotional Industrial Mercurial He takes his toll It's educational Simply insatiable Mercurial He takes his toll He takes his toll He takes his toll