Pulp – The Professional lyrics

Oh I'm back in the full effect
I can't even hold myself erect
I got nothing that Iwanna say
I'm gonna say it anyway
I know you think that I've lost it, baby
I knowyou think that my star is fading
Used to be a contender
Now you're just a pretender /Psychic karaoke every weekend
You don't fit those clothes anymore
Why don't you takethem back to the charity store
While you're there you could always hand yourself in /You're into green issues - start recycling
You hide behind your woman when you're out inyour town
Show her up and blame her for holding you down
Holding you down, holding youdown
You're the only one who's holding you down
You're only ever polite when you'reout of your box
Cocker's short for...
sucker
Sucker of...

Oh, oh
La na na na
Oh,oh
Sucker of...

Oh, oh
La na na na
Oh, oh
When I got up today I had that feelingagain
Everything was OK, then the world started shaking
Now I'm trying to sleep itaway
Oh but I can't sleep it away
Can you answer this question, can you answer itright:
Have you ever done anything good in your life?

Have you ever done anything thatwasn't just for yourself?

Are you capable of giving?

Are you capable of giving justfor the sake of it, without expecting anything in return?

I'm only trying to give youwhat you've come to expect
Just another song 'bout single mothers and sex
Singlemothers and sex, single mothers and sex
Just another song 'bout single mothers and sex /OK, you've heard it before, it's nothing special
But it's a living, can't you see
I'ma professional
Oh, oh
La na na na
Oh, oh
I'm a professional
Oh, oh
La na na na
Oh, oh
Sleep on my darling
Sleep on, don't wake as I leave
I've been rehearsingthis scene so long now
Don't interrupt me as I do it for real
The bedroom floor istreacherous
A teacup could be disastrous
'Cos it'll mean I would have to say
Whatwas written on the letter I posted yesterday
So that it would get here
When I was gone
And you awoke
Oh, she'll meet me from the train
And she'll never know a thing /About how I talk with my mouth full
And only bath once a week
How I'm nicer the firsttime you meet me than the next
And I'm rapidly losing interest in sex
Yeah, I'mrapidly losing interest in sex
What's the point in making it over-emotional?

You cando it the hard way
Or you can be a professional
Oh, oh
La na na na
Oh, oh
I'm aprofessional
Oh, oh
La na na na
Oh, oh
Sleep on my darling
Sleep on my love /Sleep on my darling
Sleep on my love
Sleep on my darling
Sleep on my love
Sleep onmy darling
Sleep on my love
Sleep on my darling
Sleep on my love
Sleep on my darling
Sleep on my love