Idiot Child

Album: The Liberty Of Norton Folgate (2009)
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  • Although he had a past history
    The mischief has soon passed
    A spunky little kid from North West Five
    Longed for the mystery to last

    Free as the wind
    Wild as a march hare
    With oh so much to learn
    Careful that you don't get burned

    The boy who wouldn't grow up
    Chasing his own tail
    The boy who couldn't grow up
    An outing on bail

    Oh idiot child
    Clutching to life
    Always made to grow up
    Always told to shut up
    Idiot child
    Clutching to life

    Always destined to fail
    Always ending up in jail

    Lo and behold the gherkin men with their military stance did shout
    Mark my words Mrs Hutchinson
    We'll sort this laddie out
    The parent teachers association secretly fixed a date
    A giant swoop is authorised to sign and seal his fate
    Oh sent away for a year and a day
    He was taken so orderly
    And drilled into his delicate shell
    To behave, normally

    Oh idiot child
    Clutching to life
    (Clutching to life)
    The boy who never grew up
    Always told to shut up
    Idiot child
    Clutching onto life
    (Clutching to life)
    Always destined to fail
    Always ending up in jail

    Some things are so predictable ain't they
    Some things just never change, look around
    Most animals, are trained at an early age
    But some of us just never lay down

    Idiot child
    Just clutching to life
    The boy who never grew up
    Always made to shut up
    Idiot child
    Clutching to life
    (Clutching to life)

    Always destined to fail
    Always ending up in jail

    Idiot child
    Clutching to life
    (Clutching to life)
    The boy who never grew up
    Always told to shut up
    Idiot child
    Clutching onto life
    (Clutching to life)

    Always destined to fail
    Always ending up in jail

    Always destined to fail
    Always winding up in jail

    Always ending up in jail
    Always destined to fail Publisher: CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
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