I Don't Know Lyrics - Hazel O'connor

Neil O'Connor 

It's hard to live in a factory city 

Auto metropole of the new kingdom come 

Where you can look out of the glass, sure 

And you can, maybe, glimpse the sun 

But imagination spans further than 

Fish and chips and beans from a can 

My father had last night 

And me? 

I don't know, 

I don't know what I want 

But I want it now 

I like to dress in rags 

and silks and things 

I wanna be someone else 

With a different name 

A different game 

a different taste and smell 

All my dreams go further than 

Alpha centauri 

I write myself into every story 

Heroes and villains well, 

They're my friends 

And me? 

I don't know, 

I don't know what I want 

But I want it now 

Well the boys around here 

act really weired 

They just want to get you tied down 

They never come to much 

they never have the touch 

They never want to leave this town 

Well I guess I'm lucky 

I've known a few exceptions 

Who don't get off on expectations 

All they need is the here and now 

And me? 

I don't know, 

I don't know what I want 

But I want it now