I MET HIM IN A CROWDED ROOM WHERE PEOPLE GOES TO DRINK AWAY THEIR GLOOM
HE SAT ME DOWN AND SO BEGAN THE STORY OF THE CHARMLESS MAN
EDUCATED THE EXPENSIVE WAY, HE KNOWS HIS CLARET FROM HIS BEAUJOLAIS
I THINK HE'D LIKE TO OF BEEN RONNIE KRAY, BUT NATURE DIDN'T MAKE HIM THAT WAY
HE THINKS HE'S EDUCATED, AIRS THOSE FAMILY SHARES
WILL PROTECT HIM, THAT YOU'LL RESPECT HIM
HE MOVES IN CIRCLES OF FRIENDS WHO JUST PRETEND
THAT THEY LIKE HIM, HE DOES THE SAME TO THEM
AND WHEN YOU PUT IT ALL TOGETHER THERE'S THE MODEL OF A CHARMLESS MAN
HE KNOWS THE SWINGERS AND THEIR CAVALRY,
SAYS HE CAN GET IN ANYWHERE FOR FREE.
I BEGAN TO MAKE A LITTLE CROSS-EYE
AND FROM THIS CHARMLESS MAN I JUST HAD TO HIDE
HE TALKS AT A SPEED HE GETS NOSE BLEEDS,
HE DOESN'T SEE HIS DAYS ARE TUMBLING DOWN UPON HIM
AND YET HE TRIES SO HARD TO PLEASE,
HE'S JUST SO KEEN FOR YOU TO LISTEN, BUT NO ONE'S LISTENING
AND WHEN YOU PUT IT ALL TOGETHER THERE'S THE MODEL OF A CHARMLESS MAN
HE THINKS HE'S EDUCATED, AIRS THOSE FAMILY SHARES
WILL PROTECT HIM, THAT YOU'LL RESPECT HIM
AND YET HE TRIES SO HARD TO PLEASE,
HE'S JUST SO KEEN FOR YOU TO LISTEN, BUT NO ONE'S LISTENING
AND WHEN YOU PUT IT ALL TOGETHER THERE'S THE MODEL OF A CHARMLESS MAN.