Human League: Austerity

The start of day The father thinks in sadness On why his daughters went away On youth and other madness I know we don't choose who we love And malice is so human When your principle's no good It's time to find a new one I was brought up to believe That to avoid disaster In life as in your dreams You've got to be the monster When you've done your very best When things turn out unpleasant When the best of men take bribes Isn't it the fool who doesn't? In the town By the house The journalist is waiting And near this place There is a space A subject contemplating You've got your keys to get back in You've washed your face so you can smile You've got your pockets full of lending cash Your ticket to the ladies mile You brush away a flake of zinc Advance toward the street outside You close your mind so you can't think The hide, the ride, the tide But the scenes come rushing in Like eels into your net And it's just like Joseph said Another walk you can't forget But you push into the bleak Where all the women walk in fear Another three-word phrase The near, the clear, the dear You're a lonely little girl Who just wants to please her dad So you thought you'd be a nurse Just like your mother had But you make the patients worse And the doctors know you're bad (Better get back to the oracle) The oracle in this case Is a message on your phone It says where you go Gravity has gone You know this is true But you want to speak of love Prediction and ambiguity Go hand in glove The oracle in this case Is a face on your wall It says where you go People will fall And near this place There is a space A subject contemplating And in the town The sun goes down No-one investigating