Pearl's Cafe - The Specials

You saw a woman in a cafe, lips of crimson, yellow grin

Her shoes were wrong and she looked extremely thin

Her jewels were faked, she had a rinse, her hair was greyish blue

She looked ashamed when she explained to you.

It ain’t easy when there’s no one to lean on It ain’t easy when there’s nobody there

It ain’t easy when your lovers are all gone

Nobody there, nobody cares.

The pubs were closed she’d got nowhere to go when she’d spilled her tea

Have you never thought, one day that could be me?

Her temper changed, she looked so deranged, her perfume turned to gin

You looked at her and she began to sing.

It’s all a load of bollocks

It’s all a load of bollocks

It’s all a load of bollocks

And bollocks to it all.

You tell me you think that they should lock her away and scrape the make-up off

her skin

Then we’d see the warts around her chin

She tried to keep her looks but lost her mind when she lost her youth and grace

Your words were just an insult to her face.

It ain’t easy when there’s no one to lean on It ain’t easy when there’s nobody there

It ain’t easy when your lovers are all gone

And bollocks to it all.

When I first saw you, I really thought you were a wet dream come true

Now I know that you don’t care about somebody else’s nightmare.