D'ya think I'd have to choose 
D'ya think I'd wear brown shoes 
D'ya think that I'd ever have to read about this in the news 
You gonna have a go 
Well I don't want to know 
I just thought that I should try and say hello to those who'd 

Never exist without being generic 
You have to impress our bovine public 
You'd never exist if you wasn't generic 
You have to impress our bovine public 
I'll never forget how all this begun 
and I will never regret a thing I have done but 
You would never exist without us 

So maybe I do not have the time fair weather friends of mine 
year's a long time be doing nothing with your life 
I heard you felt alert 
Well I'm hoping that it hurt 
Cos you played too much silent grammar 
To be ground in to the dirt by those who'd 

Never exist without being generic 
You'll have to impress our bovine public 
You'd never exist if you wasn't generic 
You'll have to impress our bovine public 
I'll never forget how all this begun 
and I will never regret a thing I have done 
But you would never exist without us 

So maybe I do 

Well you say nothing 
So you'll always mean nothing to me 
And if what you say means nothing 
Then what you say will always mean nothing to me 

D'ya think I have the time fair weather friends of mine 
year's a long time be doing nothing with your life 
I heard you felt alert 
Well I'm hoping that it hurt 
Cos you played too much silent grammar 
To be ground into the dirt by those 

Who'd never exist without being generic 
You have to impress our bovine public 
You'd never exist if you wasn't generic 
You'll have to impress our bovine public 
I'll never forget how all this begun 
and I will never regret the one thing I've done 
But you would never exist without us 

So maybe I do