The Backing Tape Blues

TONY:
Well I’m feeling down and dejected, I’m on heavy medication
I’m singing in this accent with no real justification
But it ain’t my baby leaving me that’s left me in the pits
It’s trivial insignificant things that are givin’ me the shits
I’ve got those stuck at the traffic lights behind the guy that’s lookin’ for a tape and doesn’t realise that the lights have gone green blues…
I got those in the supermarket with a magazine you can’t convince the checkout girl you bought somewhere else because you threw the receipt away blues
I’ve got those suddenly remembering the video won’t tape the footy cos the tape you’re usin’s got that little plastic tab removed blues.
I got those in the shower hoping the hot water won’t run out before you find out if there’s something in the upside down shampoo bottle blues
I got those standing at a party with an old friend whose name you cannot remember and having to introduce him to somebody else blues.
I got those in the washroom at McDonald’s and turning ton the tap too hard and spraying water on your pants so it looks as if you’ve pissed yourself blues
I got those putting out the bins on a public holiday and noticing that you’re the only one and thinking that the garbos aren’t working today and taking your bins back so’s that you don’t look like a dick and then the next morning you wake up and the street is full of empty bins blues
And finally..I got those trying to pretend that you are playing the guitar on national TV when it’s obvious you’re miming to a backing tape blues.