Testo Quietly Alone Kirsty Maccoll
Thereâs an old ... coming on my new tv
So I go out for a quiet drink
But it costs a packet and itâs such a racket
That I canât hear myself think
Thereâs a microchip one armed bandit with a screw loose
A stripper in the corner with a face like thunder
A terrible band playing "johnny b goode"
So Iâd rather go home and stay quietly alone
I get up in the morning with the radio on
I do my makeup and I go to look for work
Somebody tells me that the jobâs just gone
And Iâve been replaced by some computer jerk
I would talk to my boyfriend but I never can
âcos a space invader stole my man
Thereâs a dreadful playing "johnny b goode"
So Iâd rather go home and stay quietly alone
Trying to keep my sanity is hard to do
Living like a hermit all alone
Find an occupation that wonât deafen me
My sense of realityâs gone
My temperature is getting higher and higher
And Iâm shaking in my jeans
âcos I get so angry when Iâm shut in
With one of those machines
I would talk to my boyfriend but I never can
âcos a space invader stole my man
And the synthesizerâs playing "johnny b goode"
Then Iâd rather go home and stay quietly alone
Quietly alone
Quietly alone
Quietly alone
Quietly alone