The world’s spinning round like a looney balloon
Heading for a collision with Saturn and Mars
And we’re narrowly missing the man in the moon,
Spinning out of control crashing into the stars.
Have we all lost our gravity, reason and sanity?
Is this the price that we pay?
Have we now lost our way on this looney balloon?

Drift away, just drift away.
It’s so easy to just drift away.
Drift away, just drift away.
Drifting away on this looney balloon.

The air is running out, the computer’s gone down.
The mechanic just panicked, he’s nowhere to be found.
So automatic control is just spinning us round
No point screaming in space, you just can’t hear a sound.
Now the pilot’s gone mad, he just jumped overboard
With a lunatic smile on his face
And he laughed as he cut the umbilical chord
Now he’s drifting forever in space.

Drift away, just drift away.
It’s so easy to just drift away.
Drift away, just drift away
Drifting away on this looney balloon.
We’re out of control on this looney balloon
Narrowly missing the planets and stars.
Even optimists say that it’s all gloom and doom.
We’ve got to get somewhere or hit something soon.
First class and economy, we all played the game
For selfish profit and gain.
So together we’ll all go insane on this looney balloon.

Drift away, hey, just drift away,
Drifting away on this looney balloon.
Drift away, hey, just drift away.
Drifting away on this looney balloon.
Drift away, hey,
Drift away. Drift away.

Waiting for the hurricane
To hit New York City
Somebody said it’s hit the bay
This is the nitty gritty

And all the bag ladies
Better put their acts together

This is really heavy weather

We were lost and found, in the nick of time
While the ship was going down
We were lost and found, just in time
With the hurricane crossing the coast line
We were lost and found, just in time
Oh

This thing is bigger than the both of us
It’s gonna put us in our place
We were lost and found, just in time
Now we’ve got no time to waste

They’re putting up the barricades
Because the hurricane is heading up this way
So won’t you come in from the cold and the pouring rain
And the old see dog says shiver me timbers
The sky’s gone black
And it’s like the dead of winter

We were lost and found in the pouring rain
When the hurricane swept across the coast line

This thing is bigger than the both of us
It’s gonna put us in our place
We’re gonna see what really matters
When you see that storm stare us in the face

We were lost and found
And we beat the fear
We came through the storm
Now it all seems clear
We were lost and found, standing here
Looking at the new frontier

Lost and found, just in time
With the hurricane crossing the coast line

Lost and found, just in time
With the hurricane crossing the coast line

Louie Louie, oh baby, I gotta go.
Yi-yi-yi-yi-yi
Louie Louie, oh baby, I gotta go.

A fine girl, who waited for me.
I catch a ship across the sea.
I sailed the ship all alone.

Louie Louie, oh baby, I gotta go.
Yi-yi-yi-yi-yi
Louie Louie, oh baby, I gotta go.

Three nights and days I sailed the sea.
I think of the girl constantly.
On the ship, I dream she there.
I smell the rose that’s in her hair.

Louie Louie, oh baby, I gotta go.
Yi-yi-yi-yi-yi
Louie Louie, oh baby, I gotta go.

I see Jamaican moon above.
See the girl I’m thinking of.
I take her in my arms and then
Say I’ll never leave again.

Louie Louie, oh baby, I gotta go.
Yi-yi-yi-yi-yi
Louie Louie, oh baby, I gotta go.

Oh, I gotta go now.
Uh-huh I gotta go.

You don’t have to look at me
You don’t have to smile at me
You just have to love me till the sun shines
You don’t have to cook for me
You don’t have to laugh with me
You just have to love me till the sun shines

You can be such a helpless kind[?]
You just have to love me till the sun shines

You don’t have to sleep with me
Or rest your head upon my knee
You just have to love me till the sun shines
Baby you can wear my clothes,
Play my records, stay at my home
Long as you just love me till the sun shines

You can take it, I don’t mind
Please don’t be such a helpless kind
You just have to love me till the sun shines

Baby, baby I don’t know what I’m doing
Everything I do it turns to ruin[?]

Baby you can kiss my friends
Baby there’s nothing that I’ll end[?]
Long as you just love me till the sun shines
You don’t have to walk the streets
When there’s someone waiting here
Come on, baby, love me till the sun shines

Come on, baby, I don’t mind
Two lonely people, the helpless kind[?]
Come on, baby, love me till the sun shines

You don’t have to look at me
You don’t have to smile at me
You just have to love me till the sun shines
You don’t have to cook for me
You don’t have to laugh with me
You just have to love me till the sun shines

Take my money, I don’t mind
You can be such a helpless kind[?]
You just have to love me till the sun shines

Cheap is small and not too steep
But best of all cheap is cheap
Circumstance has forced my hand
To be a cut price person in a low budget land
Times are hard but we’ll all survive
I just got to learn to economize

I’m on a low budget
I’m not cheap, you understand
I’m just a cut price person in a low budget land
Excuse my shoes they don’t quite fit
They’re a special offer and they hurt me a bit
Even my trousers are giving me pain
They were reduced in a sale so I shouldn’t complain
They squeeze me so tight so I can’t take no more
They’re size 28 but I take 34

I’m on a low budget
What did you say
I’m on a low budget
I thought you said that

I’m on a low budget
I’m a cut price person in a low budget land

I’m shopping at Woolworth and low discount stores
I’m dropping my standards so that I can buy more

[Quality costs, but quality wastes,
So I'm giving up all of my expensive tastes.
Caviar and champagne are definite no's,
I'm acquiring a taste for brown ale and cod roes ]

Low budget sure keeps me on my toes
I count every penny and I watch where it goes
We’re all on our uppers we’re all going skint
I used to smoke cigars but now I suck polo mints

I’m on a low budget
What did you say
Yea I’m on a low budget
I thought you said that
I’m on a low budget
I’m a cut price person in a low budget land
I’m on a low budget
Low budget
Low budget

Art takes time, time is money
Money’s scarce and that ain’t funny
Millionaires are things of the past
We’re in a low budget film where nothing can last
Money’s rare there’s none to be found
So don’t think I’m tight if I don’t buy a round

I’m on a low budget
What did you say
Yes I’m on a low budget
I thought you said that
I’m on a low budget
I’m a cut price person in a low budget land
I’m on a low budget
Say it again
Low budget
One more time
Low budget

[I look like a tramp, but don't write me off,
I'll have you all know, I was once a tough
At least my hair is all mine, my teeth are my own,
But everything else is on permanent loan.
Once all my clothes were made by hand,
Now I'm a cut price person in a low budget land.
I'm on a low budget
I'll have you all know
We're on a low budget
I'm on a low budget]

I’ve been sacrificed in the name of the company,
I’ve been victimized for the sake of economy.
I had a big house, a big car,
Expense account and credit cards,
But now look what they’ve done to me.

They’re making massive reductions,

They’re making massive reductions,
Massive reductions.

They’re laying me off all because of inflation,
I’m losing my job and my reputation.
Good-bye my big house, my big car.
Now it’s all up to welfare,
I hear that everybody’s going there.

They’re making massive reductions,
Massive reductions to stay alive.
Whoa, they’re making massive reductions.

Good-bye my big house, my big car,
Now it’s all up to welfare,
I hear that everybody’s going there.

They’re making massive reductions,
Massive reductions to stay alive.
Whoa, they’re making massive reductions.

I’ll have some clam chowder, followed by beef steak on rye
Pumpkin pie, whipped cream and coffee,
I wanna green salad on the side,
Don’t forget the french fries,
Pizza pie, garlic and anchovie.
I keep burning up calories as fast as I keep putting them down,
Eat food, put it in my mouth,

I’ll have two eggs, over light, home made apple pie
Cole slaw as a side order.
I gotta stay fit, stay alive, eat food to sustain a non-stop high-grade performer.
The pace is continual, sure keeps running me down
Don’t you know that you gotta eat food,
Don’t you know that you gotta refuel.
I’m a Maximum Consumption, super-grade performer.
High powered machine,
Go steady on my clutch, go easy on the hills
And you’ll get a lot of mileage out of me.
I’m so easy to drive, and I’m an excellent ride,
Excessive living sure keeps running me down
You’ve got to learn to use the Maximum Juice
That’s how you get the maximum use.
Life keeps using me, keeps on abusing me, mentally and physically.
I gotta stay fit, stay alive, need fuel inside, eat food to survive
Maximum Consumption sure keeps running me down
Don’t you know that you gotta eat food
Don’t you know that it’s good for you.
I’m a Maximum Consumption,
Non-stop machine
Total automation perpetual motion.

Well I’ve tried everything to get along with you
But I’m gonna tell ya what I’m gonna do
I’m sick of all your crying, gonna leave you alone
If you don’t believe I’m going
You can count the days I’m gone
I’m gonna leave
Gonna leave you lovin’ baby, oh some day

Watch me leaving you this way

Won’t you please, well that sun looks good going down
Won’t you please, well that sun looks good going down
But don’t that ol’ moon look lonesome when your baby’s not around

Won’t you please, don’t that sun look good going down
Won’t you please, don’t that sun look good going down
But don’t that ol’ moon look lonesome when your baby’s not around

I’ve been traveling a long time,
To be just where you are.
In dreams I have seen you,
But you are so very far.

How long must I travel on,
To be just where you are?

To be just where you are?

I was your friend,
I was a fool,
I feel for you, though we’re far apart.
I see your face,
Lost without trace,
I see your mind, just an empty space.

Mindless child of motherhood,
You have lost the thing that’s good.
Mindless child of motherhood,
You have lost the thing that’s good.

I know that it’s not fair,
To bare a bastard son,
But why do you hide there,
When we could have shared a love?

How long must I travel on,
To be just where you are?
How long must I travel on,
To be just where you are?

I was your friend,
I was a fool,
I feel for you, though we’re far apart.
I see your face,
Lost without trace,
I see your mind, just an empty space.

Mindless child of motherhood,
You have lost the thing that’s good.
Mindless child of motherhood,
You have lost the thing that’s good.

To me.

Why I love you though you treat me bad.
‘Cos when I look at you I’m looking through the mirror of love.
Oh the mirror of love and you look alright,
‘Cos when I look at you I’m looking through the mirror of love.
You’re such a cool lover,
But you’re such a cruel lover,
Treat me like I’m a fool,

You’re a mean and obscene lover,
But I would have no other,
Even though you treat me bad,
You were the best man I ever had,
‘Cos through the mirror of love, mirror of love,
When I see you through the mirror of love,
You’re alright and I forget that you’re bad,
‘Cos when I look at you I’m looking through the mirror of love.

Why I love you though you treat me bad,
‘Cos when I look at you I’m looking through the mirror of love.
The mirror of love you sure look alright.
I see your reflection when I’m looking through the mirror of love.
You’re a crude and a rude lover,
But I would have no other,
You slap me down, treat me bad,
You’re a two-timing swine and you drive me mad.
You’re a mean and obscene lover,
But you are my dream lover,
‘Cos even though you treat me bad,
You were the best man I ever had,
‘Cos through the mirror of love, mirror of love,
I see your reflection in the mirror of love.
And you’re alright though you treat me bad.
When I see you I’m looking through the mirror of love.
Oh the mirror of love, sure look alright
‘Cos when I see you I’m looking through the mirror of love.