Little Time Bomb

(album: Workers Playtime - 1988)

One of them's off her food
And the other one's off his head
And both of them are off down the boozer
To drink a toast
To the one that he hates most
And she says there are no winners, only losers

"Well, if there are no winners
Then what is this?" he thinks
As he watches her complete a lap of honour
And he sits in the stands
With his head in his hands
And he thinks of all the things he'd like to bring down upon her

Revenge will bring cold comfort in this darkest hour
As the juke box says "It's All Over Now"
And he stands and he screams
What have I done wrong?
I've fallen in love with a little time bomb
I've fallen in love with a little time bomb

In public he's such a man
He's punching at the walls with his bare and bloody hands
He's screaming and shouting and acting crazy
But at home he sits alone and he cries like a baby

He holds your letters but he can't read them
As he fights this loneliness that you call freedom
You said this would happen and you were not wrong
I've fallen in love with a little time bomb
I've fallen in love with a little time bomb