Couldn't Get Ahead Paroles

When the next bus is
I said five or ten minutes
I had my change in my hands
The bus flashes past.
My hands are caught


Couldn't get ahead. I just couldn't get ahead.


In a week, earned money for month
Got all my jobs done
My eyelids were sick of it
Gist was I could sleep for a day?
But bad bills have no respect for a decent man's rest
Flopping on the doorstep
Outlined in color red


Couldn't get ahead. Just couldn't get ahead. Couldn't get a beer
The hostesses were muslims
When I get in toilet,
Light flashes: "Return to seat."
I feared withdrawal
And I feared beer was making sludge of my head.


Couldn't get ahead. Just couldn't get ahead.


Now my problems are solved
It's a remedy of old
I pretend I'm blind you see
Put on some Armani clothes
And act like ET
Where I'm at is a cabbage patch,
no longer strewn with weeds
Have a Ghandi at me
Colour mags wish me well
No more, no get ahead.


Couldn't get ahead. Just couldn't get ahead.