Around the Plynth

Woken up on mornings such as this
 Thought exactly the same as I'm thinking now
 Every night for a year I've slept alone
 Cold damp room looks worse than me, no no no
 Got a fear of death that creeps on every night
 I know I won't die soon but then again I might
 Water down the drain, I'm wasting away
 Doctors can't help the ghost of a man that's me, no no
 Water down the drain goes to the sea
 The pattern of my life keeps a-haunting me
 Moisture from the ocean fills the sky
 I come on down to the ground as the time goes by, no no no
 Slow down there
 I never found out the reason, why?
 Why my parents had to lie
 About the place that I was born
 Or from the hometown I was torn
 At the tender age of four
 I was livin' by homemade law
 I never knew when it was to be laid
 My desires are never displayed
 I never knew what it was to be loved
 I never knew what it was to be laid
 I never knew what it was to win
 I never knew what it was to be loved, no no no
 Ah, get on up there
 I never knew what it was to be laid
 No no no no no no no