I get out of bed at half past ten
Phone up a friend who´s a party animal
Turn on the news and drink some tea
Maybe if you´re with me we´ll do some shopping

One day I´ll read or learn to drive a car
If you pass the test, you can beat the rest
But I don´t like to compete or talk street, street, street
I can pick up the best from the party animal

[CHORUS:
I could leave you
Say good-bye
Or I could love you
If I try
And I could
And left to my own devices
I probably would
Left to my own devices
I probably would]

Pick up a brochure about the sun
Learn to ignore what the photographer saw
I was always told that you should join a club
Stick with the gang if you want to belong

I was a lonely boy, no strength, no joy
In a world of my own at the back of the garden
I didn´t want to compete or play out on the street
For in a secret life I was a Roundhead general

[CHORUS]

I was faced with a choice at a difficult age
Would I write a book? Or should I take to the stage?
But in the back of my head I heard distant feet
Che Guevara and Debussy to a disco beat

It´s not a crime when you look the way you do
The way I like to picture you
When I get home, it´s late at night
I pour a drink and watch the fight
Turn off the TV, look at a book
Pick up the phone, fix some food
Maybe I´ll sit up all night and day
Waiting for the minute I hear you say

[CHORUS]

Come on, baby
say good-bye

[CHORUS]

Out of bed at half past ten
The party animal phones a friend
Picks up news about the sun
And the working day has just begun
Sticks with the gang at the back of the street
Pass the test and he don´t compete
Drive the car, if you´re with me
Che Guevara´s drinking tea
He reads about a new device
And takes to the stage in a secret life
(I would if I could)

Left to my own devices
I probably would
If I was left to my own devices
I possibly would
(I would if I could)
f I was left to my own devices
I probably would
If I was left to my own devices
I probably would

[CHORUS]

Come on, baby
Left to my own devices
I probably would