What A Waste Lyrics - Ian Dury

I could be the driver in an articulated lorry 

I could be a poet, I wouldn't need to worry 

I could be the teacher in a classroom full of scholars 

I could be the sergeant in a squadron full of wallahs 

What a waste! What a waste! 

What a waste! What a waste! 

Because I tried to play the fool in a six-piece band 

First-night nerves every one-night stand 

I should be glad to be so inclined 

What a waste! What a waste! But the world don't mind 

I could be a lawyer with stratagems and muses 

I could be a doctor with poultices and bruises 

I could be a writer with a growing reputation 

I could be the ticket-man at Fulham Broadway station 

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What a waste! What a waste! 

What a waste! What a waste! 

Because I tried to play the fool in a six-piece band 

First-night nerves every one-night stand 

I should be glad to be so inclined 

What a waste! What a waste! But the world don't mind 

I could be the catalyst that sparks the revolution 

I could be an inmate in a long-term institution 

I could lead to wide extremes, I could do or die 

I could yawn and be withdrawn and watch them gullify 

What a waste! What a waste! 

What a waste! What a waste! 

Because I tried to play the fool in a six-piece band 

First-night nerves every one-night stand 

I should be glad to be so inclined 

What a waste! What a waste! But the world don't mind 

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Chose to play the fool in a six-piece band 

First-night nerves every one-night stand 

I should be glad to be so inclined 

What a waste! What a waste! But the world don't mind 

What a waste! What a waste! But the world don't mind 

Chose to play the fool in a six-piece band 

First-night nerves every one-night stand 

I should be glad to be so inclined 

What a waste! What a waste! But the world don't mind