Current Affairs Lyrics

I could use a cigarette

Though I don't really smoke

The Governor he spoke quickly

He said we're stony broke

I could use a shot of rum

Although it's not my drink

The journalists and editors

When will they stop to think?

Because I'm bored of working, working hard for nothing

I'm tired of running, running and a jumping

Jumping through these hoops, jumping through these rings

Your current affairs they smack of old time flings

Now I don't want to read your missives or papers

And I don't want to need your backhanders or favours

Because I'm bored of meeting you and I'm through with greeting me

A life in pinstripe suits is my bespoke irony

I could use your medicine

Though I don't ache that much

The bankers and the party whips

Don't know a woman's touch

I could use a spin doctor

To ghost-write all my views

The copyright is out of time

So let's make me the news

Because I'm bored of working, working hard for nothing

I'm tired of running, running and a jumping

Jumping through these hoops, jumping through these rings

Your current affairs they smack of old time flings

Now I don't want to read your missives or papers

And I don't want to need your backhanders or favours

Because I'm bored of meeting you and I'm through with greeting me

A life in pinstripe suits is my bespoke irony