Edwyn Collins - Back to the Back Room lyrics

I've been doing a power of thinking

The Good Ship Lollipop is sinking

But I've been having such a good time

Just watching from the shoreline

Call waiting on the telephone

Only problem being the phone is off the hook

And besides, there's no-one home

All except in the backrooom

I'm operating in a vacuum

I'm going back to the backroom

I'm operating in a vacuum

Revolution on the South Bank

I poured poison in the think tank

Got out before the big crash

Caught the tail end of the whiplash

Reminiscing with the diehards

Uptight with the old guard

Saying out of the spotlight

Don't get blinded by the spotlight

I'm going back to the backroom

I'm operating in a vacuum

I'm going back to the backroom

I'm operating in a vacuum

On the Good Ship Lollipop

It's a nice trip to the candy shop

But the key to your success

Was the key to your excess

Was the key to your success

Was the key to your excess

Going back to the backroom

I'm operating in a vacuum