You walk into the roomWith your pencil in your handYou see somebody nakedAnd you say, Who is that man?You try so hardBut you don't understandJust what you'll sayWhen you get homeBecause something is happening hereBut you don't know what it isDo you, Mister Jones?You raise up your headAnd you ask, Is this where it is?And somebody points to you and saysIt's his.And you say, What's mine?And somebody else says, Where what is?And you say, Oh my GodAm I here all alone? Because something is happening hereBut you don't know what it isDo you, Mister Jones?You hand in your ticketAnd you go watch the geekWho immediately walks up to youWhen he hears you speakAnd says, How does it feelTo be such a freak? And you say, Impossible.As he hands you a boneBecause something is happening hereBut you don't know what it isDo you, Mister Jones?You have many contactsAmong the lumberjacksTo get you factsWhen someone attacks your imaginationBut nobody has any respectAnyway they already expect youTo just give a checkTo tax-deductible charity organizationsYou've been with the professorsAnd they've all liked your looksWith great lawyers you haveDiscussed lepers and crooksYou've been through all ofF. Scott Fitzgerald's booksYou're very well-readIt's well-knownBecause something is happening hereBut you don't know what it isDo you, Mister Jones?Well, the sword swallower, he comes up to youAnd then he kneelsHe crosses himselfAnd then he clicks his high heelsAnd without further noticeHe asks you how it feelsAnd he says, Here is your throat backThanks for the loan. Because something is happening hereBut you don't know what it isDo you, Mister Jones?Now you see this one-eyed midgetShouting the word Now!And you say, For what reason?And he says, How?And you say, What does this mean?And he screams back, You're a cowGive me some milkOr else go home! Because something is happening hereBut you don't know what it isDo you, Mister Jones?Well, you walk into the roomLike a camel and then you frownYou put your eyes in your pocketAnd your nose on the groundThere ought to be a lawAgainst you comin' aroundYou should be madeTo wear earphonesBecause something is happening hereBut you don't know what it isDo you, Mister Jones?
Lyrics by Robyn Hitchcock
(a Man's Gotta Know His Limitations) Briggs 1974 4th Time Around 52 Stations A Globe Of Frogs (Electric Version) A Skull, A Suitcase, And A Long Red Bottle Of Wine A Skull, A Suitcase, And A Long Red Bottle… Acid Bird Adoration Of The City Adventure Rocket Ship Aether Agony Of Pleasure (demo) Airscape All I Wanna Do Is Fall In Love Alright Yeah America Ant Corridor Antwoman Antwoman (Dub) Aquarium Arms Of Love August Hair Autumn Is Your Last Chance Autumn Sea Baby Let Me Follow You Down Balloon Man Bass Be Still Beautiful Girl Beautiful Queen Bells Of Rhymney Birds In Perspex Birds in Perspex [Andy Kershaw Session] Birdshead Blues In A Brenda's Iron Sledge Brenda's Iron Sledge Bright Fresh Flower Captain Dry Cathedral Chinese Bones Clean Steve Creeped Out Cynthia Mask Daisy Bomb Dark Green Energy Dark Princess De Chirico Street De Chirico Street [Andy Kershaw Session] Demons & Fiends Demons & Fiends Desolation Row Dignity Do Policemen Sing Do Policemen Sing? Don't You Don't You Driving Aloud (Radio Storm) Eaten By Her Own Dinner Egyptian Cream Eight Miles High Elizabeth Jade Elizabeth Jade [Andy Kershaw Session] English Girl Everybody Needs Love Executioner Of Love Falling Leaves Fiend Before The Shrine Flanagan's Song Flanagan's Song Flavour Of Night Flesh Cartoons Freeze Full Moon In My Soul Furry Green Atom Bowl Ghost Of Light Ghost Ship Give Me A Spanner, Ralph Glass Hotel Globe Of Frogs (acoustic) Globe Of Frogs {acoustic} Goodnight Oslo Gran Heaven Heliotrope Heliotrope [Mark Radcliffe Session] How Do You Work This Thing? Hurry For The Sky I Am Not Me I Don't Believe You I Feel Beautiful I Got A Message For You I Often Dream Of Trains I Saw Nick Drake I Saw Nick Drake [Andy Kershaw Session] I Used To Love You I Used To Say I Love You I Watch The Cars I Wish I Liked You I'm Only You I'm Only You Idonia If I Could Look If You Go Away If You Know Time If You Were A Priest It Was The Night It's A Mystic Trip It's All Over Now, Baby Blue It's A Mystic Trip It's All Over Now, Baby Blue Jewels For Sophia Jewels for Sophia [Andy Kershaw Session] Judas Sings (Jesus & Me) Judas Sings (Jesus & Me) Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues Keep Finding Me Keeping Still Kingdom Of Love Lady Waters And The Hooded One Legalized Murder Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat Let There Be More Darkness Let's Go Thundering Let's Go Thundering Like A Rolling Stone Linctus House Listening To The Higsons Love Luminous Rose Madonna Of The Wasps Madonna of the Wasps [Andy Kershaw Session] Man With A Woman's Shadow Man With A Woman's Shadow Maria Lyn Meat Mellow Together Message Of Dark Mexican God Midnight Fish More Than This Mr Rock 'n' Roll Mr Rock 'n' Roll Mr. Deadly Museum of Sex My Earthly Paradise My Favourite Buildings My Wife And My Dead Wife NASA Clapping Nietzsche's Way Nietzsche's Way Night Ride To Trinidad No, I Don't Remember Guildford No, I Don't Remember Guildford Not Dark Yet Nothing Oceanside One L One Long Pair Of Eyes One Long Pair Of Eyes (acoustic) One Too Many Mornings Open The Door Homer Out Of The Picture Penelope's Angles Penelope's Angles Point It At Gran Polly On The Shore Queen Elvis Railway Shoes Raining Twilight Coast Raymond Chandler Evening Red Locust Frenzy Ride Round Song Ruling Class Sally Was A Legend Sally Was a Legend [Andy Kershaw Session] Satellite Saturday Groovers September Cones Serpent At The Gates Of Wisdom She Doesn't Exist She Doesn't Exist She Doesnt Exist She Reached For A Light Sinister But She Was Happy Sleeping With Your Devil Mask So You Think You're In Love So You Think You're In Love So You Think Youre In Love Solpadeine Sometimes A Blonde Sometimes I Wish I Was A Pretty Girl Sounds Great When You're Dead Sounds Great When You're Dead Spoken Word Intro St Petersburg Star Of Hairs Stranded In The Future Superman Surgery Sweet Ghost Of Light Take Your Knife Out Of My Back Tangled Up In Blue Television Tell Me Mama The Authority Box The Banana Boat Song The Bones In The Ground The Cars She Used To Drive The Cheese Alarm The Cheese Alarm [Andy Kershaw Session] The Devil's Radio The Devil's Radio The Devils Coachman The Dust The Green Boy The Idea Of You The Lizard The Man Who Invented Himself The Man With The Lightbulb Head The Moon Inside The Philospher's Stone The Rain The Shapes Between Us Turn To Animals The Sound Of Sound The Speed Of Things The Underneath The Wind Cries Mary The Wreck Of The Arthur Lee The Yip Song Then You're Dust Then You're Dust This Could Be The Day This Is How It Feels TLC Trams Of Old London Transparent Lover Transparent Lovers Trash Tropical Flesh Mandala Tryin' To Get To Heaven Before They Close The Door Tryin' To Get To Heaven Before They Close The... Uncorrected Personality Traits Underground Sun Vegetable Friend Veins Of The Queen Vibrating Victorian Squid Visions Of Johanna Viva! Sea-Tac Wafflehead Wax Doll We're Gonna Live In The Trees Welcome To Earth When I Was A Kid Where Do You Go When You Die? Where Do You Go When You Die? [Andy Kershaw Sessio... You & Me You Remind Me Of You You've Got You've Got A Sweet Mouth On You, Baby Young People Scream Your Head Here