Pulp - The Professional Lyrics
Oh Im back in the full effect / I cant even hold myself erect / I got nothing that iWanna say / Im gonna say it anyway / I know you think that Ive lost it, baby / I knowYou think that my star is fading / used to be a contender / now youre just a pretender /Psychic karaoke every weekend / you dont fit those clothes anymore / why dont you takeThem back to the charity store / while youre there you could always hand yourself in /Youre into green issues - start recycling / you hide behind your woman when youre out inYour town / show her up and blame her for holding you down / holding you down, holding youDown / youre the only one whos holding you down / youre only ever polite when youreOut of your box / *****ers short for... sucker / sucker of... / oh, oh / la na na na / oh,Oh / sucker of... / oh, oh / la na na na / oh, oh / when I got up today I had that feelingAgain / everything was ok, then the world started shaking / now Im trying to sleep itAway / oh but I cant sleep it away / can you answer this question, can you answer itRight: / have you ever done anything good in your life? / have you ever done anything thatWasnt just for yourself? / are you capable of giving? / are you capable of giving justFor the sake of it, without expecting anything in return? / Im only trying to give youWhat youve come to expect / just another song bout single mothers and sex / singleMothers and sex, single mothers and sex / just another song bout single mothers and sex /Ok, youve heard it before, its nothing special / but its a living, cant you see / imA professional / oh, oh / la na na na / oh, oh / Im a professional / oh, oh / la na na na/ oh, oh / sleep on my darling / sleep on, dont wake as I leave / Ive been rehearsingThis scene so long now / dont interrupt me as I do it for real / the bedroom floor isTreacherous / a teacup could be disastrous / cos itll mean I would have to say / whatWas written on the letter I posted yesterday / so that it would get here / when I was gone/ and you awoke / oh, shell meet me from the train / and shell never know a thing /About how I talk with my mouth full / and only bath once a week / how Im nicer the firstTime you meet me than the next / and Im rapidly losing interest in sex / yeah, imRapidly losing interest in sex / whats the point in making it over-emotional? / you canDo it the hard way / or you can be a professional / oh, oh / la na na na / oh, oh / Im aProfessional / oh, oh / la na na na / oh, oh / sleep on my darling / sleep on my love /Sleep on my darling / sleep on my love / sleep on my darling / sleep on my love / sleep onMy darling / sleep on my love