Song Lyrics Ian Dury And The Blockheads - The Passing Show    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive] lyrics archive>> I>> Ian Dury And The Blockheads Singer Lyrics [Ian Dury And The Blockheads other resources]>> The Passing Show Song Lyrics Author/Artist/Singer: Ian Dury And The Blockheads Music Title/Track: The Passing Show Theme ID: 401 Album: N/A When we were simple and nave We wore our feelings on our sleeve As we've grown jaded and corrupt Our manner's guarded and abrupt Oh, how we'd smile most readily Whilst ploughing on unsteadily Now frowns are etched upon our face We can no longer stand the pace Although we've got to go with the passing show It doesn't ever mean we haven't made the scene And what we think we know to what is really so Is but a smithereen of what it might have been We'd sing in gay abandon then We'd get it wrong and try again As here we brood with doubts assailed Nothing ventured, nothing failed When life itself can chart the course Then life's the product we endorse When circumstances tell of death We keep our counsel, save our breath Our laughter rang around the world When we were happy boys and girls As now we baulk and hesitate Encumbrance comes to those who wait But when we're torn from mortal coil We leave behind a counterfoil It's what we did and who we knew And that's what makes this story true Related Lyrics Random lyrics: Wait (For Me), Waiting For Your Taxi, Wake Up And Make Love With Me, What A Waste, Youll See Glimpses, Youre More Than Fair, Youre My Baby, Youre My Inspiration, Youre The Why, Your Horoscope, Hold On, 3,000 Miles From Here, American Music, Big Time, Captain Void n The Video Jets, Captain Void n The Video Jets, Central Park n West, China, Cool, Dead Man Walkin (Eastenders), Death n Glory Boys, Death n Glory Boys, Detroit, Detroit (Out-take 5 - vocal), Detroit (Out-take 5-vocal), Easy Money, Every Step Of The Way, Everyones A Fool, Following In Your Footsteps, Fun, God, I Aint No Angel, I Aint No Angel, It Aint Easy When You Fall, Just When I Needed You Most, Lisa Likes Rock n Roll, Livin in a heart, Livin in a heart, Man OWar, Now Is The Time, Open My Eyes, Pain, Resurrection Mary, Resurrection Mary - live, Resurrection Mary-live, Shades Off (spoken), Silent Movie, Silver Dime, Skeletons, Skeletons (In Your Closet), Other Ian Dury And The Blockheads song Lyrics Back To Blighty Lyrics Ballad Of The Sulphate Strangler Lyrics Ban The Bomb Lyrics Bed O Roses No. 9 Lyrics Billericay Dickie Lyrics Billy Bentley (Promenades Himself Around London) Lyrics Blackmail Man Lyrics Blockheads Lyrics Broken Skin Lyrics Bus Drivers Prayer Lyrics Byline Brown Lyrics ...Show All Other Artists Ian Gomm Lyrics Hunter Ian Lyrics Ian Hunter Lyrics Ian Janis Lyrics Janis Ian Lyrics Ian Lex Lyrics Ian Matthews Lyrics Ian McCulloch Lyrics Ian Moore Lyrics Ian Thomas Lyrics All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners and are strictly for educational purposes only. lyricstrue.net Copyright © 2005-2007 All Rights Reserved., , Privacy policy