Left to My Own Devices - 2001 Remaster

I get out of bed at half past ten
 phone up a friend who's a party animal
 Turn on the news and drink some tea
 Maybe if you're with me we'll do some shopping
 One day I'll read or learn to drive a car
 If you pass the test, you can beat the rest
 but I don't like to compete or talk street, street, street
 I can pick up the best from the party animal
 I could leave you
 say good-bye
 or I could love you
 if I try
 and I could
 and left to my own devices
 I probably would
 Left to my own devices
 I probably would
 Pick up a brochure about the sun
 Learn to ignore what the photographer saw
 I was always told that you should join a club
 stick with the gang if you want to belong
 I was a lonely boy, no strength, no joy
 in a world of my own at the back of the garden
 I didn't want to compete or play out on the street
 for in a secret life I was a Roundhead general
 I could leave you
 say good-bye
 or I could love you
 if I try
 and I could
 and left to my own devices
 I probably would
 Left to my own devices
 I probably would
 Oh, I would
 I was faced with a choice at a difficult age
 Would I write a book? Or should I take to the stage?
 But in the back of my head I heard distant feet
 Che Guevara and Debussy to a disco beat
 It's not a crime when you look the way you do
 the way I like to picture you
 When I get home, it's late at night
 I pour a drink and watch the fight
 Turn off the TV, look at a book
 pick up the phone, fix some food
 Maybe I'll sit up all night and day
 waiting for the minute I hear you say
 I could leave you
 say good-bye
 or I could love you
 if I try
 and I could
 and left to my own devices
 I probably would
 Come on, baby
 say good-bye
 I could love you
 if I try
 and I could
 and left to my own devices
 I probably would
 Left to my own devices
 I probably would
 Out of bed at half past ten
 the party animal phones a friend
 Picks up news about the sun
 and the working day has just begun
 Sticks with the gang at the back of the street
 Pass the test and he don't compete
 Drive the car, if you're with me
 Che Guevara's drinking tea
 He reads about a new device
 and takes to the stage in a secret life
 (I would if I could)
 Left to my own devices
 I probably would
 If I was left to my own devices
 I possibly would
 (I would if I could)
 If I was left to my own devices
 I probably would
 If I was left to my own devices
 I probably would
 I could leave you
 say good-bye
 or I could love you
 if I try
 and I could
 and left to my own devices
 I probably would
 Left to my own devices
 I probably would
 Come on, baby
 Left to my own devices
 I probably would