Lyrics What a Waste (Live at the Paris Theatre, London, 01/07/1978) - Ian Dury , The Blockheads
I
could
be
the
driver
in
an
articulated
lorry
I
could
be
a
poet,
I
wouldn′t
need
to
worry
I
could
be
the
teacher
in
a
classroom
full
of
scholars
I
could
be
the
sergeant
in
a
squadron
full
of
wallahs
What
a
waste!
What
a
waste!
What
a
waste!
What
a
waste!
Because
I
tried
to
play
the
fool
in
a
six-piece
band
First-night
nerves
every
one-night
stand
I
should
be
glad
to
be
so
inclined
What
a
waste!
What
a
waste!
But
the
world
don't
mind
I
could
be
a
lawyer
with
stratagems
and
muses
I
could
be
a
doctor
with
poultices
and
bruises
I
could
be
a
writer
with
a
growing
reputation
I
could
be
the
ticket-man
at
Fulham
Broadway
station
What
a
waste!
What
a
waste!
What
a
waste!
What
a
waste!
Because
I
tried
to
play
the
fool
in
a
six-piece
band
First-night
nerves
every
one-night
stand
I
should
be
glad
to
be
so
inclined
What
a
waste!
What
a
waste!
But
the
world
don′t
mind
I
could
be
the
catalyst
that
sparks
the
revolution
I
could
be
an
inmate
in
a
long-term
institution
I
could
lead
to
wide
extremes,
I
could
do
or
die
I
could
yawn
and
be
withdrawn
and
watch
them
gullify
What
a
waste!
What
a
waste!
What
a
waste!
What
a
waste!
Because
I
tried
to
play
the
fool
in
a
six-piece
band
First-night
nerves
every
one-night
stand
I
should
be
glad
to
be
so
inclined
What
a
waste!
What
a
waste!
But
the
world
don't
mind
Chose
to
play
the
fool
in
a
six-piece
band
First-night
nerves
every
one-night
stand
I
should
be
glad
to
be
so
inclined
What
a
waste!
What
a
waste!
But
the
world
don't
mind
What
a
waste!
What
a
waste!
But
the
world
don′t
mind
Chose
to
play
the
fool
in
a
six-piece
band
First-night
nerves
every
one-night
stand
I
should
be
glad
to
be
so
inclined
What
a
waste!
What
a
waste!
But
the
world
don′t
mind
1 Wake Up & Make Love with Me
2 Sweet Gene Vincent
3 I'm Partial to Your Abracadabra
4 My Old Man
5 Billericay Dickie
6 Clevor Trever
7 If I Was With a Woman
8 Blockheads
9 Plaistow Patricia
10 Blackmail Man
11 Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
12 Razzle In My Pocket
13 Close to Home
14 Two Steep Hills
15 Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (Bbc John Peel Sessions, 12/12/1977)
16 Clevor Trever (Bbc John Peel Sessions, 12/12/1977)
17 Sweet Gene Vincent (Bbc John Peel Sessions, 12/12/1977)
18 Blockheads (Bbc John Peel Sessions, 12/12/1977)
19 Wake Up & Make Love with Me (Demo)
20 Sink My Boats (Demo)
21 Apples (Demo)
22 England’s Glory (Demo)
23 Tell The Children (Demo)
24 I Made Mary Cry (Demo)
25 Sweet Gene Vincent [backing track] (Demo)
26 Blackmail Man (Demo)
27 My Old Man (Demo)
28 Something’s Going To Happen In The Winter (Demo)
29 Wifey (Demo)
30 Sink My Boats [Alternate Version] (Demo)
31 I’m Partial To Your Abracadabra (Demo)
32 If I Was With A Woman (Demo)
33 Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (Demo)
34 Clevor Trever (Demo)
35 Blockheads (Demo)
36 Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (Live at the Paris Theatre, London, 01/07/1978)
37 Wake Up & Make Love with Me (Live at the Paris Theatre, London, 01/07/1978)
38 Clevor Trever (Live at the Paris Theatre, London, 01/07/1978)
39 Plaistow Patricia (Live at the Paris Theatre, London, 01/07/1978)
40 I Made Mary Cry (Live at the Paris Theatre, London, 01/07/1978)
41 What a Waste (Live at the Paris Theatre, London, 01/07/1978)
42 Blockheads (Live at the Paris Theatre, London, 01/07/1978)
43 If I Was with a Woman (Live at the Paris Theatre, London, 01/07/1978)
44 Upminster Kid (Live at the Paris Theatre, London, 01/07/1978)
45 Sweet Gene Vincent (Live at the Paris Theatre, London, 01/07/1978)
46 Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (Reprise) [Live at the Paris Theatre, London, 01/07/1978]
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