Our Bovine Public

Didn't think I'd have to choose Didn't think I'd wear brown shoes Didn't think that I'd ever have to read about this in the news You're gonna have a go? Well I don't want to know I just thought that I should try and say hello to those who'd Never exist without being generic You're out to impress our bovine public You'd never exist if you wasn't generic You're out to impress our bovine public I'll never forget how all this begun And I will never regret a thing I have done But you would never exist without us So maybe I do... Not have the time Fair-weather friends of mine A year's a long time When you're doing nothing with your life I heard you felt alert? Well I'm hoping that it hurt Cos we spent too much time doing groundwork To be ground in to the dirt by those who'd Never exist without being generic You're out to impress our bovine public You'd never exist if you wasn't generic You're out to impress our bovine public I'll never forget how all this begun And I will never regret a thing I have done But you would never exist without us So maybe I do... You say nothing So you'll always mean nothing to me And if what you say means nothing Then what you say will always mean nothing to me Didn't think I'd have the time Fair-weather friends of mine A year's a long time when you're doing nothing with your life I heard you felt alert? Well I'm hoping that it hurt Cos we spent too much time doing groundwork To be ground into the dirt by those who'd Never exist without being generic You're out to impress our bovine public You'd never exist if you wasn't generic You're out to impress our bovine public I'll never forget how all this begun And I will regret not one thing I've done But you would never exist without us So maybe I do...