Expectations

Monday morning, wake up knowing that you've got to go to school Tell your mum what to expect, she says it's right out of the blue Do you want to work in Debenham's, because that's what they expect Start in Lingerie, and Doris is your supervisor And the head said that you always were a queer one from the start For careers you say you went to be remembered for your art Your obsession gets you known throughout the school for being strange Making life-size models of the Velvet Underground in clay In the queue for lunch they take the piss, you've got no appetite And the rumour is you never go with boys and you are tight So they jab you with a fork, you drop the tray and go berserk While your cleaning up the mess the teacher's looking up your skirt Hey, you've been used Are you calm, settle down? Write a song, I'll sing along Soon you will know that you are sane You're on top of the world again Monday morning, wake up knowing that you've got to go to school Tell your mum what to expect, she says it's right out of the blue Do you went to work in C&A, 'cause that's what they expect Move to laundry and take a feel off Joe the Storeman Tell Veronica the secret of the boy you never kissed She's got everything to gain 'cause she's a fat girl with a lisp She sticks up for you when you get aggravation from the snobs 'Cause you can't afford a blazer girl you're always wearing clogs At the interval you lock yourself away inside a room Head of English gets you, asks you, "What the hell do you think you're doing?" "Do you think you're better then the other kids? Well, get outside" You've got permission, you've got to make the bastard think he's right Hey, you've been used Write a song, I'll sing along Are you calm? Settle down Soon you will know that you are sane You're on top of the world again And you're cool, and you know You're a star and you'll go far Listen to me as a friend Not just a boy who play guitar You're on top of the world again