I Pity Inanimate Objects Lyrics - Godley And Creme

I pity inanimate objects 

Because they can't move 

From specks of dust to paperweights 

Or a pound note sealed in resin 

Plastic Santas in perpetual underwater snowstorms 

Sculptures that appear to be moving 

But aren't 

I feel sorry for them all 

What are they thinking 

When they arrive at a place 

Do they sigh with disappointment 

And when they leave 

Do they have regrets? 

Is a sofa as happy in one corner 

As it is in another 

And how does the room feel about it? 

I pity inanimate objects 

I pity inanimate objects 

I pity inanimate objects 

I pity them all 

Physics isn't fair 

Is a tree as a rocking horse 

An ambition fulfilled 

And is the sawdust jealous? 

I worry about these things 

Peppercorns don't move 

Until they contaminate the ice-cream 

Three weeks later 

Is the gold in Fort Knox happy gold? 

I care about these things 

Some things are better left alone 

Grains of sand prefer their own company 

But magnets are two faced 

No choice for sugar 

But what choice could there be 

But to drown in coffee or to drown in tea 

The frustrations of being inanimate 

Maybe its better that way 

The fewer the moving parts 

The less there is to go wrong 

I wonder about these things 

I pity inanimate objects 

I pity inanimate objects 

I pity inanimate objects 

I pity them all