Five Gears In Reverse - Elvis Costello, The Attractions

Five gears in reverse

For girls looking at the big lift

Somebody send out for the night nurse

Please dont stick me on the late shift

If you dont know by now

Nobodys gonna tell you

If you dont know by now

The shock will probably kill you

But if your patience is corrupted and you still cannot decide

Youre sitting in the garage contemplating suicide

And you have no motivation you cant even catch your breath

All of this acceleration is driving you to death

Five gears in reverse

You think I dont know what Im doing

Another fashionable first

Like walking down the road to ruin

But if youre safe and sound

Dont let me interrupt you

And if youre gagged and bound

Well how can I corrupt you