Peter Hammill - Careering (Don't Ask Me) lyrics

I don't know, can't you see I'm just pa**ing 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 pa**ing 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 pa**enger pa**ing 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. 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 me.