The Pound Is Sinking (Demo) Songtext / Lyric

The pound is sinking

The peso's failing

The lira's reeling

And feeling quite appalling



The mark is holding

The franc is fading

The drachma's very weak

But everyone's still trading



The market's bottom has fallen right out

And only the strong are survivors



Well I fear, my dear

That it's eminently clear

That can't see the trees for the forest






Your father was an extraordinary man

But you don't seem to have inherited

Many of his mannerisms

Oh, any of his mannerisms



The dollar's moving

The rouble's rising

The yen is keeping up

Which hardly seems surprising



The market's bottom has fallen right out

And only the strong are survivors



Hear me, lover

I can't be held responsible now

For something that didn't happen

I knew you for a minute



Oh, it didn't happen

Only for a minute

Your heart just wasn't in it anymore



The pound is sinking

The peso's failing

The lira's reeling

And feeling quite appalling