Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
Ooh ah ooh
Ooh ah ooh
Oh Mr. Robinson and his quango
Dirty dealer, expensive car
Runs the buses and the Evening Star
He got a hairpiece
Ooh he got herpes
His private life is very discreet
A nicer man no you're never gonna meet
And he's a self professed savior of the dim right wing
He got respiratory problems and a mason's ring
Ooh ah ooh
Ooh ah ooh
Oh Mr. Robinson and his quango
Drinks with generals and county wives
And the family business is doing all right
(Ah) They're doing tangos down in the quangos
He makes 'em tick ooh he makes them tock
And if you don't fit he'll put you in the dock
Just sits in his leather chair and twiddles his thumbs
Gets his secretary in and pinches her bum
Ooh ah ooh
Ooh ah ooh
Ooh ah ooh
Ooh ah ooh
He ran into the toilet in the town hall
He got his biro out and he wrote on the wall:
"I'm wearing black French knickers under my suit
I've got stockings and suspenders on I'm feeling rather loose
Oh I'm a naughty boy
Oh, I'm a naughty, naughty boy"
I said ooh!
He's a self professed savior of the dim right wing
He got respiratory problems and a mason's ring
Ooh ah ooh
Ooh ah ooh
Ooh ah ooh
Ooh ah ooh
Ooh, I'm a naughty boy (naughty, naughty boy)
Ooh, I'm a naughty, naughty boy
Ooh ah ooh
Oh Mr. Robinson and his quango
Dirty dealer, expensive car
Runs the buses and the Evening Star
He got a hairpiece
Ooh he got herpes
His private life is very discreet
A nicer man no you're never gonna meet
And he's a self professed savior of the dim right wing
He got respiratory problems and a mason's ring
Ooh ah ooh
Ooh ah ooh
Oh Mr. Robinson and his quango
Drinks with generals and county wives
And the family business is doing all right
(Ah) They're doing tangos down in the quangos
He makes 'em tick ooh he makes them tock
And if you don't fit he'll put you in the dock
Just sits in his leather chair and twiddles his thumbs
Gets his secretary in and pinches her bum
Ooh ah ooh
Ooh ah ooh
Ooh ah ooh
Ooh ah ooh
He ran into the toilet in the town hall
He got his biro out and he wrote on the wall:
"I'm wearing black French knickers under my suit
I've got stockings and suspenders on I'm feeling rather loose
Oh I'm a naughty boy
Oh, I'm a naughty, naughty boy"
I said ooh!
He's a self professed savior of the dim right wing
He got respiratory problems and a mason's ring
Ooh ah ooh
Ooh ah ooh
Ooh ah ooh
Ooh ah ooh
Ooh, I'm a naughty boy (naughty, naughty boy)
Ooh, I'm a naughty, naughty boy
Lyrics submitted by Demau Senae, edited by Mellow_Harsher
Mr Robinson's Quango Lyrics as written by David Rowntree Damon Albarn
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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