Canman

Tim Powles/Chris Campbell

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Lyrics (unofficial)

Like a snowman, goes soft in spring time
Reunited with your obsession
You're the can man
You need the microphone
If you can, to stay alive

Bury your pride, swallow pain
In the meantime, here's the hookline
And if you take it you'll swallow anything
You're corruptible, you're so vain

And the captain takes the microphone
Yeah, the captain takes the microphone

Send an army of friendly thieves
To steal some comfort for your pain
To call you a liar is too unkind
You're the joker, no friend of mine

And the captain takes the microphone
The captain's been, the mic has gone
And the captain takes the microphone
There's nothing left to sing this song

It's not about the waste of time
Don't bother me trying to explain
It's all about a wasted life

And the band still make the record
And the can man, he takes the mic
In the taxi to the corner-store
Where his best friend, he owns the lot

And the captain takes the microphone
And there's nothing left to sing this song
The captain takes the microphone
And he sells his records to right the wrong

And the captain lies by the microphone
And everyone's sad but life goes on
Yeah, the captain lies by the microphone
And the boys in the band, we all go home

And the captain lies by the microphone
And everyone's sad but life goes on
And the mic's still here
But captain's gone