Album: Reading, Writing and Arithmetic
Don't ask me why, don't ask me why, I'll join the army, the Salvation Army but it didn't help.
Don't ask me why, don't ask me why, I joined the army, but it drove me balmy and it didn't help.
Hideous towns make me throw up.
Don't ask me why, don't ask me why, I went into service with the Civil Service but it didn't help.
Don't ask me why, don't ask me why, I went into service but it made me nervous and it didn't help.
Ooh, hideous towns made me throw up.
And sticks and stones may break my bones but words will just finish me off, yeah, near enough.
Oh, oh, my hopeless youth, it's so uncouth and oh, I'd like to be in history.
I said, oh, in my hopeless youth, just so uncouth so there you go and now you know,
but just please don't, don't ask me why, don't ask me why
I went to the circus, Piccadilly Circus, it was very strange.
Don't ask me why, cause I don't know why, never one to roam, I took the first bus home, and I haven't changed.
Ooh, hideous towns made me throw up.
And sticks and stones may break my bones but words will just finish me off, yeah, near enough.
Yes they do, said oh, my hopeless youth it's so uncouth
oh, my hopeless youth, it's so uncouth and oh, I'd like to be in history.
I said, oh, in my hopeless youth, just so uncouth so there you go and now you know,
but just please don't, please, please, please,
said oh, yeah, my hopeless youth just so, damn, oh, oh, yeah,
my hopeless youth is really very young, just really very young.