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Ian Dury and The Blockheads - What A Waste (Official HD Video)
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Ian Dury
Ian Dury
Lead Vocals
The Blockheads
The Blockheads
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Ian Dury
Ian Dury
Songwriter
(Dury/Melvin/Jankel/Blockheads)
(Dury/Melvin/Jankel/Blockheads)
Composer
Roderick Melvin
Roderick Melvin
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Laurie Latham
Laurie Latham
Producer

Lyrics

I could be the driver in articulated lorry
I could be a poet I wouldn't need to worry
I could be a teacher in a classroom full of scholars
I could be the sergeant in a squadron full of wallahs
What a waste
What a waste
What a waste
What a waste
Because I chose to play the fool in a six-piece band
First-night nerves every one-night stand
I should be glad to be so inclined
What a waste! What a waste!
Rock ’n’ Roll don't mind
I could be a lawyer with strategems and ruses
I could be a doctor with poultices and bruises
I could be a writer with a growing reputation
I could be the ticket man at Fulham Broadway Station
What a waste [Repeat: x4]
I could be the catalyst that sparks the revolution
I could be an inmate in a long-term institution
I could dream to wide extremes, I could do or die
I could yawn and be withdrawn and watch the world go by
What a waste [Repeat: x4]
Written by: (Dury/Melvin/Jankel/Blockheads), Ian Dury, Roderick Melvin

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