Well I say what I mean
I say what comes to mind
I never get round to things
I'm living a straight, straight line
You know me--I'm acting dumb
You know the scene--very humdrum
Boredom--boredom--boredom
Now I'm living in a movie
Which doesn't move me
I'm the one waiting for the phone to ring
Ring-a-ring-a-fucking-ding
You know me--I'm acting dumb
You know the scene--very humdrum
Boredom--boredom--boredom
Now there's nothing behind me
And I'm already a has-been
My future ain't what it was
I think I know the words that I mean
You know me--I'm acting dumb
You know the scene--very humdrum
Boredom--boredom--b'dum, b'dum
I've taken this extravagent journey
So it seems to me
To arrive from nowhere
And to go straight back there
You know me--I'm acting dumb
You know the scene--very humdrum
Boredom--boredom--boredom
I say what comes to mind
I never get round to things
I'm living a straight, straight line
You know the scene--very humdrum
Boredom--boredom--boredom
Which doesn't move me
I'm the one waiting for the phone to ring
Ring-a-ring-a-fucking-ding
You know the scene--very humdrum
Boredom--boredom--boredom
And I'm already a has-been
My future ain't what it was
I think I know the words that I mean
You know the scene--very humdrum
Boredom--boredom--b'dum, b'dum
So it seems to me
To arrive from nowhere
And to go straight back there
You know the scene--very humdrum
Boredom--boredom--boredom
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I love that part! hehe
IMHO-If you include the lyrics and ironic guitar solo, this is the ultimate punk song.
I couldn't believe Boredom wasn't submitted yet. Certainly one of my all-time favorites and nearly always done live. The lyrics need no explanation, and are in fact quite hilarious.
Seems they liked the guitar riff so much they reused it for "Fast Cars". It does have the coolest two-note solo I've ever heard.
Well, three notes actually...if you count the very last one.
Not surprising Devoto (declaring himself--in one of punk's earliest singles--a "has been" who merely goes back-and-forth) would soon quit Buzzcocks, deriding the scene as already played-out, coasting on imitative gestures.
A good thing for listeners, who got both the Buzzcocks and Magazine: as Pete Shelley obviously had something to say, also. Seems unlikely the former band would have long survived with two frontmen and songwriters.