I’m a bit sheepish about that now
Worked as a TV repairman for a while
Got my wires crossed
Had a hot-dog van
Never made a sausage
Learned to be a plasterer
Shim-shim, bosh-bosh
Was a cook in a wholefood café
Got my fingers burned
Went off to France to pick fruit
Ended up in a jam
Drove a laundry van
Then made a clean break
Trained as a mechanical engineer
Had a bit of a breakdown
Imagined myself a novelist
But that’s another story
Wrote a book about producing lime
That was quick
Retrained in Environmental Management
But it was unsustainable
Briefly became an academic
There’s a lesson there
Somewhere
Working
It’s sick, man