Come the weekend And we’ll long gone baby Just like the old days Letting the world flow through me Just a parasite in the line I'm smoking, killing the time How long’s a piece of twine What use is sympathy From here you can almost see the sea If you would hold still Could make a clean incision We could sit back And watch the demolition Little puppy dog in a box Somebody’s picking the locks Must want the darn from the socks Here comes the cavalry From here you can almost see the sea Just another fool in a line I dream of high clouds Flushed with the light of daybreak I'm gonna dive in To a water so cold it makes your bones ache Fingers, knees and knuckles scraped All of the rubbish heaped A piece of cardboard taped Up where the bedroom window pane used to be From here you can almost From here you can almost see the sea Just another fool in a line Just another fool in a line I saw a film once Where all the airholes froze up A killer whale swam Under the blue ice 'til her heart stopped