Careering(2006 Digital Remaster) - Peter Hammill

I don't know can't you see
I'm just passing through fast as you –
Don't ask me
Careering out of control
Disappearing down the black hole
Careering – the white man's soul
Stands stark naked in the floodlight glare
Stands stark raving on the strap
I've had the feeling that I've been there
But I can't quite believe it
I don't know can't you see
I'm just passing through fast as you
So don't ask me
Careering simply day to day
Engineering everything I say
Careering for the work and the pay
I'm just a passenger passing through
I'm just an average chap
(We are normal )
If I said I hadn't got a clue
There'd still come the questions
I don't know can't you see
I'm just another case of wasted space
So don't ask me
Don't ask me
Don't ask me
Don't ask me
Don't ask me
Don't ask me
Don't ask me
Don't ask me
Careering my apprenticeship
No nearer than my pension slip;
Careering down the Cresta Run
I screw it up just like anyone;
Careering – pointless anyway
To do it just for the work and the pay
Look here:
I don't know can't you see
I'm so near the end get it straight friend –
Don't ask me
Don't ask me
Don't ask don't ask me