I Hear The Voices

[By Peter Knight — borrowed from his own website for inclusion here. Check out
http://www.petergknight.com/peteandclive.html for much more on Pete and Clive]

Mornings now I breakfast in the tower
Then take the taxi to the studio
My Penthouse suite's a safe-deposit box
With secretaries shielding me from fans
Hard to reach like gold that’s in Fort Knox
And all day long when people try to call
I’m covered like a gambler’s safest bet
By PR staff, but when I check the net I hear the Voices
I check the net and hear the Voices

Who are these guys and why do they want me?
These songs were history since Christ knows when
Some small performances in bars and clubs, 
Legitimate on vinyl and CD
The second hand shops are pleased to buy and sell
The royalties are all but shot to hell
There's no more left to tape, the record deals
Are dead and gone, or just some “best of” set
For die-hard fans, but when I check the net I hear the Voices
I check the net and hear the Voices

The agent’s checking each incoming flight
For midnight voices with a book to sign
No-one gets in here by day or night
Who knows the words to “Flowers and the wine”
I'm in the clear, at barely fifty-five
One of the most respected men alive
Some blubber here and there, but nothing wet
I'm right on top, but when I check the net I hear the Voices
I check the net and hear the Voices

We do the routine different every day
Today we hit the new book signing first
Then double back and tape the TV show
And as we drive I don't know which is worst
To know they'll come but not to know the way
To know they'll make me play but not know how
Are they somewhere out there setting concerts up?
Is this headache from their crosswires on my brow?
There's no way, not a chance they’ll make me sweat
They’ll never reach me, but when I check the net I hear the Voices
I check the net and hear the Voices

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