Post Nuclear Talking Blues Lyrics - Why The Long Face - Big Country

I don't have the magnetism of a national hero 

I'm not desperate enough to 

Carry 'round a bomb in a bag 

And I hate to clean up behind my dog 

He's a pretty big guy and he eats like a hog 

I never quite get that haircut they have in the window 

I better give myself a talking to 

I better work out what I'm going to do 

Maybe get myself a wife 

Better get myself a life 

Instead of these post nuclear talking blues 

When I go to the store 

The express line gets derailed 

I know that none of my batteries were included 

I fall down every time I drink 

I wash and all my whites turn pink 

And I always come home with someone else's pants 

I better give myself a talking to 

I better work out what I'm going to do 

Maybe get myself a wife 

Better get myself a life 

Instead of these post nuclear talking blues 

The rain won't worry a drowning man 

Until his feet are on dry land 

He won't even care if his best shoes are full of sand 

Whenever my flight touches down 

My bags are in a different town 

And the customs men like to get intimate with me 

I better give myself a talking to 

I better work out what I'm going to do 

Maybe get myself a wife 

Better get myself a life 

Instead of these post nuclear talking blues 

And that's all