What A Waste-Ian Dury/The Blockheads

[ti:What A Waste] [ar:Ian Dury] [al:Greatest] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.01]What A Waste - Ian Dury/The Blockheads [00:00.02]Written by：Dury/ Jankel/ Melvin [00:00.04] [00:12.17]I could be the driver in an articulated lorry [00:14.59] [00:15.12]I could be a poet I wouldn't need to worry [00:17.93]I could be the teacher in a classroom full of scholars [00:20.99]I could be the sergeant in a squadron full of wallahs [00:23.41]What a waste What a waste [00:27.07] [00:29.36]What a waste What a waste [00:32.98] [00:35.03]Because I tried to play the fool in a six-piece band [00:38.21]First-night nerves every one-night stand [00:40.76] [00:41.32]I should be glad to be so inclined [00:44.10]What a waste What a waste [00:45.44]But the world don't mind [00:46.81] [00:53.13]I could be a lawyer with stratagems and muses [00:55.95]I could be a doctor with poultices and bruises [00:58.87]I could be a writer with a growing reputation [01:01.13] [01:01.72]I could be the ticket-man at Fulham Broadway station [01:04.36]What a waste What a waste [01:07.88] [01:10.26]What a waste What a waste [01:14.01] [01:15.74]Because I tried to play the fool in a six-piece band [01:18.52] [01:19.22]First-night nerves every one-night stand [01:21.50] [01:22.13]I should be glad to be so inclined [01:24.79]What a waste What a waste [01:26.26]But the world don't mind [01:27.46] [01:52.48]I could be the catalyst that sparks the revolution [01:55.45]I could be an inmate in a long-term institution [01:58.44]I could lead to wide extremes I could do or die [02:01.18]I could yawn and be withdrawn and watch them gullify [02:03.79]What a waste What a waste [02:07.57] [02:09.67]What a waste What a waste [02:13.47] [02:15.40]Because I tried to play the fool in a six-piece band [02:18.63]First-night nerves every one-night stand [02:21.64]I should be glad to be so inclined [02:24.16]What a waste What a waste [02:25.81]But the world don't mind [02:26.91] [02:37.53]Chose to play the fool in a six-piece band [02:40.01] [02:40.59]First-night nerves every one-night stand [02:42.99] [02:43.54]I should be glad to be so inclined [02:46.31]What a waste What a waste [02:47.76]But the world don't mind [02:49.15]What a waste What a waste [02:50.57]But the world don't mind [02:51.87] [03:02.61]Chose to play the fool in a six-piece band [03:04.68] [03:05.28]First-night nerves every one-night stand [03:07.61] [03:08.20]I should be glad to be so inclined [03:10.97]What a waste What a waste [03:12.35]But the world don't mind