Moments of sadness, moments of guilt

Stains on the memory, stains on the quilt

Chapter of incidents, chapter and verse

Sub-heading chronic, paragraph worse

Lost in the limelight, baked in the blaze

Did it for nine pence, those were the days

Give me my acre and give me my plough

Tell me tomorrow, don't bother me now

 [bad word] Ada, [bad word] Ada

 [bad word] Ada, [bad word] Ada

Times at a distance, times without touch

Greed forms the habit of asking too much

Followed at bedtime by builders and bells

Wait 'til the [bad word] which nothing dispels

Idly, mentally, doubtful and dread

 [bad word] with the beans shall not stale with the bread

Let me lie fallow in dormant dismay

Tell me tomorrow, don't bother today

 [bad word] ada, [bad word] ada

 [bad word] ada, [bad word] ada

Tried like a good 'un, did it all wrong

Thought that the hard way was taking to long

To late for regret or chemical change

Yesterday's targets have gone out of range

Failure infolds me with clammy green arms

 [bad word] the excursions and blast the alarms

For the rest of what's natural I'll lay on the ground

Tell me tomorrow if I'm still around

 [bad word] Ada, [bad word] Ada

 [bad word] Ada, [bad word] Ada

 [bad word] Ada, [bad word] Ada

 [bad word] Ada, [bad word] Ada

(repeat lots)