i'm here on a missionto tell you exactly what can go wrong if you're not carefulyou see, it's like this:you're running down the staircase at randomyou take one stepyou take two stepsyou take seven stepsten stepstwo stepsfifteen stepsnineteen stepsyou're lying in a heap at the bottom of the staircaseblood, bones, powder, that sort of thingand you're wondering, how did i get here?and then you look up and you seeit's a man in a cowl, it's a man in a cowlhe opens his face to youit's jimmy [tarbuck]he is saying, "kiss the ring! kiss the ring!"and he says, "yes, there is a santa clausand anybody who blasphemes against santa or any of his helpersshall die"what do you do?what do you do?end the thanks to the heavenly skyits grey is getting lighterno peace of mind or sleep for youyou haven't earned it yetand you won't by dusk, i betuntil you learn what futures you've destroyedwe musn't see you sulk or get annoyedon the day i lost everythingthey couldn't help enoughthey shot my veins full of gelatinei said, "thank you very muchyou're too kind!"while they lived in luxuryi made do with money, sweet moneyand now i'm going to measure the rainand you can sit and watch me -- look! look!don't even think about not answering your phoneit might be me and i know you're always homeon the day i lost everythingthey couldn't help enoughthey stopped my clock and they folded my wingsi said, "thank you very muchfor everything!it meansi'm gonnadestroy youwith my slings and my bullets"on the day i lost everythingthe sky was purest whiteand the clocks had stopped so i started to sing"the magpie sleeps tonight"on the day i lost everything