| The Loser
Lyric by Clive James, music by Pete Atkin [Budgie theme bid]
When the Loser tries to row somebody in
Who knows his activities of old
They know they ought to leave him in the cold
And the cries of admonishment begin:
Leave it out
Give over
Leave it out, Loser
Leave it out.
But once again the Loser has a plan
He only needs a few bob to finance:
Something startling has fallen off a van.
His audience subsides into a trance —
[quietly sung]
Leave it out
Give over
Leave it out, Loser
Leave it out.
And the lolly's handed over with a sigh
Of a man throwing money on the fire
And the Loser sallies forth to do or die
While the villains rally round to form a choir:
Leave it out
Give over
Leave it out, Loser
Leave it out.
So once again the Loser solves the riddle
Of raising the ready for a fiddle
And after the fiddle falls part
He goes back a hundred yards behind the start:
He was caught in the middle of the riddle and the fiddle
But that never hurts the form or breaks the heart
Of a loser.
The Loser robs the clueless and the bent:
He's almost a modern Robin Hood.
Extremely fleet of foot to dodge the rent
As the warning cries come ringing through the wood:
Leave it out
Give over
Leave it out, Loser
Leave it out.
The Loser proves that crime can never pay
If you get the details and the timing wrong
And steal a Crime Squad car to get away
While on radio the coppers sing this song:
Leave it out
Give over
Leave it out, Loser
Leave it out.
Give over
Leave it out, Loser
Leave it out.
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