I don't want to be nice

Estava aqui a ouvir o álbum de homenagem a Martin Hannett, o produtor dos Joy Division, Happy Mondays, U2, New Order, The Durutti Column e tantos outros - "Zero: A Martin Hannett Story 1977-1991" - e encontrei um tema de um senhor que já não ouvia desde que não uso gira-discos ou leitor de cassetes. Um tal de John Cooper Clark, que lia dois poemas no "Short Circuit - Live at the Electric Circus" uma das primeiras gravações dos Joy Division (que eu, como fã, tinha e ouvia regularmente). O homem é mesmo britânico e tem um senso de humor apurado... Em verso! E até de visual...


Here he comes now....

The fast fingers, the expert eyes
And the same old 'how'd you do'
Disgust is just his dumb disguise
He wants a word with you

His problems are the end
His mouth needs exercise
The last thing I need is another friend
I don't want to be nice

I don't want to be nice
I think it's clever to swear
Better seek some sound advice
Better look elsewhere

Your face is an obvious case
You shouldn't put it about
This is neither the time nor place
To sort these matters out

What you see is what you get
You only live twice
A friend in need is a friend in debt
I don't want to be nice

No we never met before
I'm very happy to say
Far from perfect strangers
I'd like to keep it that way

I'm not your psychoanalyst
I'd rather talk to mice
You're so easy to resist
I don't want to be nice

I don't want to be nice
I think it's clever to swear
Better seek some sound advice
Better look elsewhere

Your face is an obvious case
You shouldn't put it about
This is neither the time nor place
To sort these matters out

What you see is what you get
You only live twice
A friend in need is a friend in dept
I don't want to be nice