five gears in reverse

girls looking for the big lift

somebody send out for the night nurse

please don't stick me on the late shift



if you don't know by now

nobody's going to tell you

if you don't know by now

the shock will probably kill you



CHORUS:

and if your patience is exhausted

and you still cannot decide

you're sitting in a garage

contemplating suicide

and you have no motivation

you can't even catch your breath

all the business and celebrations

is driving you to debt



five gears in reverse

you think I don't know what I'm doing

and at a fashionable first

like walking down the road to ruin

but if you're safe and sound

don't let me interrupt you

And if you don't go down

How could I corrupt you



chorus