Before the captain calls to me I know where he'll want me to be

I've dropped the ball too many times and out of sight is out of mind

To lessen my depression I spend session after session

In the decadent digression of a dream

Hey, hey, whiling away the best part of the day down at third man

Hey, hey, watching the play as I daydream away down at third man

I think I'll spend a little time planning crimes like Harry Lime

I'll fantasize my enemies' demise 'til tea arrives

I could make a killing like a villain in the film

Selling Fleming's penicillin to Vienna

Hey, hey, whiling away the best part of the day down at third man

Hey, hey, watching the play as I daydream away down at third man

In the shadow of a doorway she is standing like a lost child

An old woman is screaming, the crowd's becoming hostile

My thoughts have been diluted like a 2 and 6 novella

Am I in a field in England or in the dark streets of Vienna?

Hey, hey (hey, hey...)

Hey, hey (hey, hey...)

Hey, hey (hey, hey...)

Hey, hey (hey, hey...)

Hey, hey, whiling away the best part of the day down at third man

Hey, hey, watching the play as I daydream away down at third man

Hey, hey, whiling away the best part of the day down at third man

Hey, hey, watching the play as I daydream away down at third man

Hey, hey

Hey, hey

Hey, hey

Hey, hey